It is upbeat in the first half but not entirely. It's a sobering family drama about freedom - personal freedom and Chinese cultural expectations, I suppose.
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The film's story moves its characters through three different time periods, from 1999 to 2014 and then 2025.
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Beautifully filmed, powerfully acted, and rich with meaning, Mountains May Depart represents another outstanding outing from writer/director Zhangke Jia. Read ...
This giddily ambitious new movie from the Chinese film-maker begins relatively conventionally, before spinning out into a commentary on globalisation and a ...
A touching and ambitious look at family and identity, and the loss and alienation that comes with it. It's a complex film in how it has a story that moves ...
It's infectious and filled with unbridled hope and joy. Unfortunately, it's downhill from here, though the film is never aiming for the same type of exuberance.
Mr. Jia has characterized “Mountains May Depart” as his most emotional movie, which may underplay how deeply moving his work can be.
The three sections are too closely linked to be regarded as distinct tales but lack the smooth flow of a single narrative spread over time. The ...
China, 1999. Childhood friends Liangzi and Zhang are both in love with Tao, the town beauty. Tao eventually decides to marry the wealthier Zhang.
Told in three distinct parts over the course of 30 years, Mountains May Depart begins as a simple love triangle and expands, along with its aspect ratio, into ...