China / Hong Kong / Japan / France,
2000, 154 min
(Director's cut: 185 min)
Directed by:
Zhangke JiaScreenplay:
Zhangke JiaCinematography:
Nelson Yu Lik-waiComposer:
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When Deng Xiao-ping institutes an "open door" cultural policy and China begins to move toward Western-influenced consumer capitalism, the newly privatized group starts to sport spandex and play electric guitars. It's sex, cigarettes and rock-n-roll until dreams are deferred. Platform, the precursor to Jia's Unknown Pleasures, offers vivid insight into modern China. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Tao Zhao
China
Best movies:
The World (2004)
Platform (2000)
Still Life (2006)
Sanming Han
China
Best movies:
The World (2004)
Platform (2000)
Still Life (2006)
Hongwei Wang
China
Best movies:
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002)
Pickpocket (1997)
The World (2004)
Jingdong Liang
China
Best movies:
The World (2004)
Platform (2000)
Mountains May Depart (2015)