The World (film)

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The World

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The World film poster

Directed by

Jia Zhangke

Produced by

Hengameh Panahi,
Takio Yoshida

Written by

Jia Zhangke

Starring

Chen Taisheng,
Zhao Tao

Cinematography

Yu Lik-wai

Editing by

Kong Jinglei

Distributed by

United States:
Zeitgeist Films
Worldwide:
Celluloid Dreams

Release date(s)

Venice:
September 4, 2004
Toronto:
September 15, 2004
China:
April 15, 2005
United States:
July 1, 2005

Running time

105 min.

Language

Jin Chinese,
Chinese (Mandarin)

All Movie Guide profile

IMDb profile

The World (Chinese: 世界; Shijie) is a 2004 film written and directed by Jia Zhangke. The film was nominated for the "Golden Lion" at the 2004 Venice Film Festival but ultimately lost to Mike Leigh's drama Vera Drake. It was the first film by Jia to gain official approval from the Chinese government.^[1]

Tagline: Give me a day, I'll give you a world.

1 Main cast
2 Notable Addresses
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

Main cast

Zhao Tao – Tao
Chen Taisheng – Taisheng
Jing Jue – Wei
Jiang Zhong-wei – Niu

Notable Addresses

The World featured on the cover of Israeli film magazine Maarvon on January 2005. In it filmmaker Tom Shoval writes about Jia Zhangke films.

References

^ Hu, Brian (2005-02-17). Asia Pacific Arts: Presenting the World. UCLA Asia Institute. Retrieved on 2007-02-27.

External links

The World at the Internet Movie Database
The World at Rotten Tomatoes
The World at All Movie Guide

v • d • e Films directed by Jia Zhangke
Feature films: Xiao Wu (1997) • Platform (2000) • Unknown Pleasures (2002) • The World (2004) • Still Life (2006) • Age of Tattoo (2008) Documentaries: Dong (2006) • Useless (2007) Short films: Xiao Shan Going Home (1995) • Dudu (1996) • In Public (2001) • Our Ten Years (2007)

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