Quitting
Summary:
Following up on his award-winning opus Shower, Zhang Yang directs this biographical film concerning and starring Chinese film icon Jia Hong-Sheng, who starred in such groundbreaking works as Suzhou River and Frozen. Following initial professional success, Jia falls into a spiral of depression and drug abuse. Soon he drops out from Beijing's acting scene, withdraws from... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Jia Hongshen
Jia Fengsen
Chai Xiurong
Wang Tong
Shun Xing
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Review:
Zhang Yang's fractured film is a quintessential entry from the so-called Sixth Generation of Chinese filmmakers. Urban, distanced and formally daring, Quitting is a dismal biopic of a Chinese actor whose career and life fell apart as he got increasingly hooked on drugs. The movie's central conceit is that the actor, Jia Hongsheng, as well ... Continue >>
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