Platform
Summary:
The political and social changes that swept China during the 1980s are reflected in the lives of a troupe of musicians in this drama from acclaimed Chinese director Jia Zhang-ke. In 1979, China is beginning to reinvent itself in the wake of the Cultural Revolution, and change is slowly but surely coming to Fenyang, a small town in the Shanxi province. The influences of the West (pop m... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Wang Hong Wei - (Minliang)
Zhao Tao - (Ruijuan)
Liang Jing-dong - (Chang Jun)
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Review:
An allegorical epic that traces China's snarled transition from Maoism to the economic liberalization of the 1980s, Jia Zhang Ke's Platform is a movie that demands patience -- and rewards it in spades. The movie follows the Fenyang Peasant Culture Group, a provincial performing arts troupe that is forced to change with the onset of privatizat... Continue >>
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