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A touch of sin [videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Jia Zhangke.

distributed by Kino Lorber Incorporated, 2014.

Violence -- China -- Drama.

Social classes -- Drama.

China -- Social conditions -- Drama.

Video Difference legacy collection.

Alternate title:

Tian zhu ding [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)] /

1 videodisc (133 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital Surround sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.

In Mandarin and Cantonese with optional English subtitles.

Kino Lorber, Xstream Pictures (Beijing), Office Kitano, Shanghai Film Group Corporation present in association with Shanghai Film & Television Group, Bandai Visual, Bitters End ; a Jia Zhangke film ; producer, Shozo Ichiyama ; written & directed by Jia Zhang-Ke.

Zhao Tao, Jiang Wu, Wang Baoqiang and Luo Lanshan with Zhang Jiayi and Li Meng.

"A 'brilliant exploration of violence and corruption in contemporary China' (Jon Frosch, The Atlantic), A Touch Of Sin was inspired by four shocking (and true) events that forced the world's fastest growing economy into a period of self-examination. Written and directed by master filmmaker Jia Zhangke (The World, Still Life), 'one of the best and most important directors in the world' (Richard Brody, The New Yorker), this daring, poetic and grand-scale film focuses on four characters, each living in different provinces, who are driven to violent ends. An angry miner, enraged by widespread corruption in his village, decides to take justice into his own hands. A rootless migrant discovers the infinite possibilities of owning a firearm. A young receptionist, who dates a married man and works at a local sauna, is pushed beyond her limits by an abusive client. And a young factory worker goes from one discouraging job to the next, only to face increasingly degrading circumstances."--Container.

Best Screenplay, Festival de Cannes.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Jia, Zhangke, 1970-

Zhao, Tao, 1978-

Jiang, Wu, 1967-

Wang, Baoqiang.

Zhang, Jiayi, 1970-

Li, Meng (Actress)

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