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Swimming Out till the Sea Turns Blue (2020)

112 min - Documentary - 21 February 2020
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Filmmaker Jia Zhangke chronicles his local literature festival in Shanxi, China which includes a multi-generational roster of the country's most esteemed writers. Prominent Chinese writers and scholars gather in a village in Shanxi, a province of China and the hometown of Jia Zhang-Ke. This starts an 18-chapter symphony about Chinese society since 1949. Narrated by three important novelists born in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s respectively, telling their own stories with literature and reality, the film weaves a 70-year spiritual history of the Chinese people.

Director:  Jia Zhangke
Writers:  Jia Zhangke
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Filmmaker Jia Zhangke chronicles his local literature festival in Shanxi, China which includes a multi-generational roster of the country's most esteemed writers. Prominent Chinese writers and scholars gather in a village in Shanxi, a province of China and the hometown of Jia Zhang-Ke. This starts an 18-chapter symphony about Chinese society since 1949. Narrated by three important novelists born in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s respectively, telling their own stories with literature and reality, the film weaves a 70-year spiritual history of the Chinese people.


Collections: Jia Zhangke

Genres: Documentary

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Country:   China
Language:  普通话
Release Date:  21 February 2020

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Company Credits

Production Companies:  Xstream Pictures, Huayi Brothers Media, Shanxi Film & Television Group, Huaxia Film Group

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Runtime:  1 h 52 min

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