The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 19m.
Synopsis
Shot over the course of ten years on both film and video, the film consists of a series of carefully composed tableaux of people and environments. Pedestrians shuffle across a bustling Beijing street, steelworkers linger outside a deserted factory, tourists laugh and scamper across a crowded beach, worshippers kneel to pray in a remote village. With a painterly eye for composition, Wang captures China as he sees it, calling to a temporary halt a land in a constant state of change.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Metacritic81/100
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Wang XiaoshuaiDirector
Stills
Themes
chinacity country contrastmodern chinapeople