A Jia Zhangke enthusiast might find this very much a recycling of past themes—not that it is any bad, but that greatness seems elusive as the film progresses.
Category / Jia, Zhangke
Mountains May Depart (2015)
Jia Zhangke returns to form in this superior drama about the ties that bind us together, even if we scatter like fireworks.
Touch of Sin, A (2013)
A sprawling and inconsistently-paced effort with multiple stories and unrelated characters whose sum is lesser than its parts.
