A Touch of Sin
NYT Critic's Picks • 2h 9m
Directed by Jean-Paul Civeyrac • Arthouse • 2013 • China • Mandarin w/ English subtitles
Starring Tao Zhao, Wu Jiang, Baoqiang Wang, Lanshan Luo, Jia-yi Zhang, Meng Li
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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