A Touch of Sin
New York Film Festival Essentials
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2h 9m
Directed by Jia Zhangke • Arthouse • 2013 • China • Mandarin with English subtitles
Starring Tao Zhao, Wu Jiang, Baoqiang Wang
Winner of Best Screenplay at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and directed by master filmmaker Jia Zhangke, this daring, poetic and grand-scale film focuses on four characters, each living in different provinces of China, who are driven to violent ends.
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