Long Day's Journey Into Night
Slow Cinema • 2h 18m
Bi Gan • China, France • 2018 • A noirish stunner and new landmark in world cinema.
Luo Hongwu left Kaili twenty years ago. Now he has returned—his father is dead. Back in his hometown, memories rush to the surface, including of an enigmatic woman with whom Luo once pursued a stormy affair. Where has she gone? The question haunts Luo. Finding a clue he sets out to find her, delving into a labyrinth of fantasy, memory, and time.
Tinged with noir aesthetics and culminating in an exhilarating, one-hour-long single-take sequence, Long Day’s Journey Into Night is the most successful Chinese art-house film of all time. The second feature from Bi Gan (Kaili Blues) premiered at Cannes, San Sebastián, Rotterdam, and the Golden Horse Film Festival, where it won Best Cinematography. Long Day's Journey Into Night is a New York Times Critic’s Pick.
Up Next in Slow Cinema
-
Makala
Emmanuel Gras • France • 2017 • A portrait of a man in pursuit of a better life in the Congo
Kabwita Kasongo is 28 years old, living in the Congo with his wife and young daughters. His dream is to somehow earn enough money to buy a plot of land where he can build his family a home. Having fel...
-
Neon Bull
Gabriel Mascaro • 2015 • Brazil-Uruguay-Netherlands • A dreamlike journey into Brazil's vaquejada
Evoking northeast Brazil’s rural traditions alongside dreams of its burgeoning fashion industry, and attuned to the c...
-
Russian Ark
Aleksandr Sokurov • 2002 • Russia • A floating, single-take journey through Russian history.
Filmed in one 96-minute, continuous single-take shot—the first work of cinema to ever do so—Russian Ark foregrounds the ...
