- available formats: 35mm

 

 

Still Life - a film by Jia Zhang Ke

Starring: Zhao Tao, Han Sanming

Fengjie’s old town is already under water, but its new neighborhood hasn’t been finished yet. There are things to
salvage and there are things to leave behind…

Han Sanming, a miner, travels to Fengjie to look for his ex-wife who he has not seen in 16 years. Seeing each
other by the Yangtze River, they decide to remarry.

Shen Hong, a nurse, travels to Fengjie to look for her husband who hasn’t come home in two years. They hug in
front of the Three Gorges Dam. Despite a dance, they sadly call it quits and decide to divorce.

 

2006, China, 108 minutes, in Mandarin.