Mountains May Depart (Shan he gu ren) Kino Lorber Reviewed by: Harvey Karten forShockya, d-based on Rotten Tomatoes Grade: B+ Director: Jia Zhangke Written by: Jia Zhangke Cast: Zhao Tao, Zhang Yi, Liang Jin Dong, Dong Zijian, Sylvia Chang, Han Sanming Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 2/8/15 Opens: February 12, 2016 Let your imagination soar, however disastrous this may lead. Consider that Donald Trump is elected President on the slogan, “Make America Great Again.” What would our country look like after eight years? Here is a strong possibility. Instead of one percent of Americans controlling thirty-three percent of its wealth, you now have one twentieth of one percent of Americans [ Read More ]
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- 2/15/2016
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Making its World Premiere at the Cannes Film Festival last spring, winning an Audience Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival, and picking up an Original Screenplay prize at the Gold Horse Awards, Jia Zhangke's latest film "Mountains May Depart" enjoyed a terrific festival run in 2015. This weekend, the drama arrives in cinemas and we've got an exclusive clip to give you a peek at the sprawling story. Read More: Review: Jia Zhangke's Ambitious 'Mountains May Depart' Starring Dong Zijian, Liang Jingdong, Sylvia Chang, Zhang Yi, and Zhao Tao, the film, powered by Pet Shop Boys' "Go West," opens in 1999 where in Fenyang, childhood friends Liangzi, a coal miner, and Zhang, the owner of a gas station, are both in love with the town beauty Tao. Tao eventually marries the wealthier Zhang and they have a son he names Dollar. As the years fly by, her son loses sight of everything in his childhood,...
- 2/12/2016
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
A decidedly different piece of cinema from his last, breathlessly visceral A Touch Of Sin, legendary Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhang-ke’s latest motion picture, Mountains May Depart is not only one of the auteur’s most accessible works, but despite its sputtering final act, one of his most entrancing.
Despite also having a narrative broken up into segments, A Touch Of Sin’s brutal exploration of violence born out of oppression and vignette-style structure is nowhere to be found here, with Jia Zhang-ke opting for a story that feels far more personal, and far more narratively engaging. Mountains May Depart is a story told over 26 years, with our story touching down in the past (1999), relative present (2014) and the near future (2025). In the first segment, we’re introduced to a schoolteacher named Tao, who is caught in what appears to be a love triangle between she, her closest friend...
Despite also having a narrative broken up into segments, A Touch Of Sin’s brutal exploration of violence born out of oppression and vignette-style structure is nowhere to be found here, with Jia Zhang-ke opting for a story that feels far more personal, and far more narratively engaging. Mountains May Depart is a story told over 26 years, with our story touching down in the past (1999), relative present (2014) and the near future (2025). In the first segment, we’re introduced to a schoolteacher named Tao, who is caught in what appears to be a love triangle between she, her closest friend...
- 2/12/2016
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
The film is directed by Zhang Yibai, Guan Hu, Zhang Meng, Teng Huatao and Gao Qunshu. having five directors , the film will feature five different love stories that are set in Japan, The United States, Norway, Turkey and Saipan.
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- 1/20/2016
- by The Tiger
- AsianMoviePulse
Jia Zhangke, the button-pushing Chinese filmmaker behind A Touch of Sin and 2004’s The World, is on the verge of releasing his new film in the west. Entitled Mountains May Depart, the time-hopping drama quickly became something of a festival favorite following its premiere at Cannes earlier in the year, and it’s now set for a bow in the States on February 12, 2016.
To stoke excitement, a new trailer has surfaced online for Zhangke’s latest directorial effort, showcasing the ways in which the film weaves in and out of three separate timelines: 1999, 2014, and 2015. Starring Dong Zijian, Liang Jingdong, Sylvia Chang, Zhang Yi, and Zhao Tao, Mountains May Depart follows a love triangle that spans generations.
Releasing at an opportune time, Mountains May Depart is in many ways a depiction of the changing face of China as a country, which has fast become one of the most important film markets...
To stoke excitement, a new trailer has surfaced online for Zhangke’s latest directorial effort, showcasing the ways in which the film weaves in and out of three separate timelines: 1999, 2014, and 2015. Starring Dong Zijian, Liang Jingdong, Sylvia Chang, Zhang Yi, and Zhao Tao, Mountains May Depart follows a love triangle that spans generations.
Releasing at an opportune time, Mountains May Depart is in many ways a depiction of the changing face of China as a country, which has fast become one of the most important film markets...
- 12/21/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
"Daddy will make you lots of dollars!" Kino Lorber has debuted a new official Us trailer for veteran Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke's latest film, titled Mountains May Depart. This film premiered at Cannes in May and played at a bunch of prestigious festivals through the year. I saw it at the New York Film Festival and was taken back by it, still impacted by the audacity of the story. Set in China and Australia, the film is a tryptich that follows a few people across three different periods of time - showing how China has devolved into a culture of materialism and how this will affect relationships and human connection in the long run. It stars Zhao Tao, Zhang Yi & Liang Jingdong. Anyone in search of bold storytelling should take a look at this. Here's the official Us trailer for Jia Zhangke's Mountains May Depart, from Kino Lorber's YouTube:...
- 12/21/2015
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Jia Zhangke has long been one of the most celebrated directors to emerge from China, and while his latest film "Mountains May Depart" didn't quite land the impact you might've expected at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, any work from the auteur is worth a look. The film is gearing up to hit cinemas stateside, and a new U.S. trailer has arrived. Starring Dong Zijian, Liang Jingdong, Sylvia Chang, Zhang Yi, and Zhao Tao, the movie splits across three timelines —1999, 2014, and 2015— to tell the story of a young couple and their child, and how their relationships and circumstances change over the years. Here's the official synopsis: China, 1999. In Fenyang, childhood friends Liangzi, a coal miner, and Zhang, the owner of a gas station, are both in love with Tao, the town beauty. Tao eventually marries the wealthier Zhang and they have a son he names Dollar. 2014. Tao...
- 12/21/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Golden Network will be at the Afm with a trio of Jackie Chan films including action comedy Railroad Tigers and adventure comedy Kung Fu Yoga.
Directed by Stanley Tong, big budget Chinese-Indian action-adventure Kung Fu Yoga has begun shooting in China and Dubai with a cast that includes Chan, Sonu Sood (Dabangg), Aarif Rahman, K-pop star Lay, Zhang Yi Xing and Miya Muqi.
The film is financed by Sparkle Roll Media Corporation and Beijing Taihe Entertainment, with the shoot due to move to India next year.
Chan next shoots action-comedy Railroad Tigers for director Ding Sheng, who previously collaborated with Jackie Chan on Police Story 2013 and Little Big Soldier.
Sparkle Roll Media Corporation, Shanghai Film Group and Beijing Going Zoom Media are on board to finance.
Golden Network is also handling completed martial arts film The Master from director Xu Haofeng, screenwriter on The Grandmaster, critical hit Saving Mr. Wu, starring [link=nm...
Directed by Stanley Tong, big budget Chinese-Indian action-adventure Kung Fu Yoga has begun shooting in China and Dubai with a cast that includes Chan, Sonu Sood (Dabangg), Aarif Rahman, K-pop star Lay, Zhang Yi Xing and Miya Muqi.
The film is financed by Sparkle Roll Media Corporation and Beijing Taihe Entertainment, with the shoot due to move to India next year.
Chan next shoots action-comedy Railroad Tigers for director Ding Sheng, who previously collaborated with Jackie Chan on Police Story 2013 and Little Big Soldier.
Sparkle Roll Media Corporation, Shanghai Film Group and Beijing Going Zoom Media are on board to finance.
Golden Network is also handling completed martial arts film The Master from director Xu Haofeng, screenwriter on The Grandmaster, critical hit Saving Mr. Wu, starring [link=nm...
- 11/4/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Golden Network will be at the Afm with a trio of Jackie Chan films including action comedy Railroad Tigers and adventure comedy Kung Fu Yoga.
Directed by Stanley Tong, big budget Chinese-Indian action-adventure Kung Fu Yoga has begun shooting in China and Dubai with a cast that includes Chan, Sonu Sood (Dabangg), Aarif Rahman, K-pop star Lay, Zhang Yi Xing and Miya Muqi.
The film is financed by Sparkle Roll Media Corporation and Beijing Taihe Entertainment, with the shoot due to move to India next year.
Chan next shoots action-comedy Railroad Tigers for director Ding Sheng, who previously collaborated with Jackie Chan on Police Story 2013 and Little Big Soldier.
Sparkle Roll Media Corporation, Shanghai Film Group and Beijing Going Zoom Media are on board to finance.
Golden Network is also handling completed martial arts film The Master from director Xu Haofeng, screenwriter on The Grandmaster, critical hit Saving Mr. Wu, starring [link=nm...
Directed by Stanley Tong, big budget Chinese-Indian action-adventure Kung Fu Yoga has begun shooting in China and Dubai with a cast that includes Chan, Sonu Sood (Dabangg), Aarif Rahman, K-pop star Lay, Zhang Yi Xing and Miya Muqi.
The film is financed by Sparkle Roll Media Corporation and Beijing Taihe Entertainment, with the shoot due to move to India next year.
Chan next shoots action-comedy Railroad Tigers for director Ding Sheng, who previously collaborated with Jackie Chan on Police Story 2013 and Little Big Soldier.
Sparkle Roll Media Corporation, Shanghai Film Group and Beijing Going Zoom Media are on board to finance.
Golden Network is also handling completed martial arts film The Master from director Xu Haofeng, screenwriter on The Grandmaster, critical hit Saving Mr. Wu, starring [link=nm...
- 11/4/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The American Film Institute announced today the films that will screen in the World Cinema, Breakthrough, Midnight, Shorts and Cinema’s Legacy programs at AFI Fest 2015 presented by Audi.
AFI Fest will take place November 5 – 12, 2015, in the heart of Hollywood. Screenings, Galas and events will be held at the historic Tcl Chinese Theatre, the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres, Dolby Theatre, the Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the Egyptian, the El Capitan Theatre and The Hollywood Roosevelt.
World Cinema showcases the most acclaimed international films of the year; Breakthrough highlights true discoveries of the programming process; Midnight selections will grip audiences with terror; and Cinema’s Legacy highlights classic movies and films about cinema. World Cinema and Breakthrough selections are among the films eligible for Audience Awards. Shorts selections are eligible for the Grand Jury Prize, which qualifies the winner for Academy Award®consideration. This year’s Shorts jury features filmmaker Janicza Bravo,...
AFI Fest will take place November 5 – 12, 2015, in the heart of Hollywood. Screenings, Galas and events will be held at the historic Tcl Chinese Theatre, the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres, Dolby Theatre, the Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the Egyptian, the El Capitan Theatre and The Hollywood Roosevelt.
World Cinema showcases the most acclaimed international films of the year; Breakthrough highlights true discoveries of the programming process; Midnight selections will grip audiences with terror; and Cinema’s Legacy highlights classic movies and films about cinema. World Cinema and Breakthrough selections are among the films eligible for Audience Awards. Shorts selections are eligible for the Grand Jury Prize, which qualifies the winner for Academy Award®consideration. This year’s Shorts jury features filmmaker Janicza Bravo,...
- 10/22/2015
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Stars: Zhao Tao, Zhang Yi, Liang Jin Dong, Dong Zijian, Sylvia Chang | Written and Directed by Jia Zhangke
Admitting this is the first film by Jia Zhangke that I’ve seen may lose me some street cred, but I was pleased to finally discover the filmmaker via his latest exploration of modern China, Mountains May Depart. A universal story of the irresistible draw of the present meeting the inexorable march of the future, the film stands as a bold, compassionate statement for the power of gestures and the ripples they cause through time.
And it opens with a dance sequence set to the Pet Shop Boys’ “Go West”, which is about as ambitious an opening as you could hope for.
Taking place in three different periods – 1999, 2014 and 2025, with changing aspect ratios to match – in China and later Australia, the film charts the ups and downs in lives of three friends:...
Admitting this is the first film by Jia Zhangke that I’ve seen may lose me some street cred, but I was pleased to finally discover the filmmaker via his latest exploration of modern China, Mountains May Depart. A universal story of the irresistible draw of the present meeting the inexorable march of the future, the film stands as a bold, compassionate statement for the power of gestures and the ripples they cause through time.
And it opens with a dance sequence set to the Pet Shop Boys’ “Go West”, which is about as ambitious an opening as you could hope for.
Taking place in three different periods – 1999, 2014 and 2025, with changing aspect ratios to match – in China and later Australia, the film charts the ups and downs in lives of three friends:...
- 10/1/2015
- by Mark Allen
- Nerdly
In the nine consecutive years I’ve attended the Toronto International Film Festival, it remains an elusive monstrosity of an event. With its hundreds of offerings, it’s a gluttonous buffet for the committed cineaste, a playground of auteurs mixed with unknown quantities. Even after having attended Sundance and Cannes, navigating the selections still somehow feels like ‘catching up’ with entries from Berlin, Locarno, and the concurrent Venice. And, therefore, everyone’s Toronto experience is bound to seem a bit different, even as streamlined as the festival is as it remains one of the most press and public friendly film festivals in existence.
Of course, there’s always complaints (or questions) as to what doesn’t make an appearance at the festival, and we’re always subject to the tastes of various programmers. For instance, why exactly room could not have been made for Polish master Andrzej Zulawski’s first...
Of course, there’s always complaints (or questions) as to what doesn’t make an appearance at the festival, and we’re always subject to the tastes of various programmers. For instance, why exactly room could not have been made for Polish master Andrzej Zulawski’s first...
- 9/28/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Exclusive: Beijing outfit launches with Tiff drama Promised Land, Simon Yam thriller, Blind Spot adaptation.
Newly minted Beijing-based international sales outfit Turbo Films has launched with a slate including veteran director He Ping’s Toronto drama The Promised Land.
The only Asian entry in Tiff’s Platform section, writer-director-producer He Ping’s first film set in the present day spotlights the massive internal migration that has seen millions of young people leaving their rural towns and villages to try and find a new life in China’s biggest cities.
Wang Jiajia (Wheat, So Young) and Zhang Yi (Mountains May Depart) star in the drama from production outfits Classics Media Co. and Beijing Junfei Century Culture Media Co.
Turbo Films, backed by a trio of private investors, is aiming to sell local-language fare with international appeal in the global market and has already amassed a busy slate.
At next month’s Asian Film Market in Busan, the company...
Newly minted Beijing-based international sales outfit Turbo Films has launched with a slate including veteran director He Ping’s Toronto drama The Promised Land.
The only Asian entry in Tiff’s Platform section, writer-director-producer He Ping’s first film set in the present day spotlights the massive internal migration that has seen millions of young people leaving their rural towns and villages to try and find a new life in China’s biggest cities.
Wang Jiajia (Wheat, So Young) and Zhang Yi (Mountains May Depart) star in the drama from production outfits Classics Media Co. and Beijing Junfei Century Culture Media Co.
Turbo Films, backed by a trio of private investors, is aiming to sell local-language fare with international appeal in the global market and has already amassed a busy slate.
At next month’s Asian Film Market in Busan, the company...
- 9/17/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Mark Osborne’s animation will be released in China on October 16.
The Little Prince, Mark Osborne’s animation that is an adaptation of the well-known Antoine de Saint-Exupery novel, has set its Chinese release date and voice cast.
Production outfit Fundamental Films has set Huang Bo (Journey To The West) as the voice of The Pilot and Zhou Xun (Cloud Atlas) as The Rose. The voice cast is completed by Huang Yici, Huang Lei, Hu Haiquan, Ma Tianyu, Yi Yangqianxi, Wang Zijian, Xiao Ke, Yuan Quan, and Zhang Yi.
The original English voice cast included Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Benicio Del Toro, James Franco, Paul Rudd and Ricky Gervais.
The film, which premiered in Cannes this year, will have its Chinese premiere on October 13, with Osborne attending alongside the cast.
It will then open nationwide on October 16 in both 2D and 3D.
The Little Prince, Mark Osborne’s animation that is an adaptation of the well-known Antoine de Saint-Exupery novel, has set its Chinese release date and voice cast.
Production outfit Fundamental Films has set Huang Bo (Journey To The West) as the voice of The Pilot and Zhou Xun (Cloud Atlas) as The Rose. The voice cast is completed by Huang Yici, Huang Lei, Hu Haiquan, Ma Tianyu, Yi Yangqianxi, Wang Zijian, Xiao Ke, Yuan Quan, and Zhang Yi.
The original English voice cast included Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Benicio Del Toro, James Franco, Paul Rudd and Ricky Gervais.
The film, which premiered in Cannes this year, will have its Chinese premiere on October 13, with Osborne attending alongside the cast.
It will then open nationwide on October 16 in both 2D and 3D.
- 9/11/2015
- ScreenDaily
Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies, starring Tom Hanks, will make its World Premiere at the 53rd New York International Film Festival, running from September 25 to October 11. The film was one of 26 announced as part of the festival’s main slate, along with one of four World Premieres.
Some of the main slate highlights include Todd Haynes’s Carol, featuring Cannes Best Actress Winner Rooney Mara alongside Cate Blanchett, Miguel Gomes’s three part saga Arabian Nights, Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s The Assassin, the Us premiere of Michael Moore’s latest Where to Invade Next, Michel Gondry’s French film Microbe et Gasoil, and the World Premiere of the documentary Don’t Blink: Robert Frank, about the life of the fames photographer and filmmaker.
Previously announced films include the World Premiere of The Walk, Robert Zemeckis’s Philippe Petit biopic serving as the opening night film, the World Premiere of...
Some of the main slate highlights include Todd Haynes’s Carol, featuring Cannes Best Actress Winner Rooney Mara alongside Cate Blanchett, Miguel Gomes’s three part saga Arabian Nights, Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s The Assassin, the Us premiere of Michael Moore’s latest Where to Invade Next, Michel Gondry’s French film Microbe et Gasoil, and the World Premiere of the documentary Don’t Blink: Robert Frank, about the life of the fames photographer and filmmaker.
Previously announced films include the World Premiere of The Walk, Robert Zemeckis’s Philippe Petit biopic serving as the opening night film, the World Premiere of...
- 8/13/2015
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
Who knew that watching films can be this exhausting? The first thing any press person at Cannes will tell you is probably how tiring festival grind is – press screenings from 8.30 am till midnight, endless queueing sessions (variously put to use for writing up or sun-tanning), the adrenaline rush of the literal rush to the next screening.
What few filmmakers premiering their work at Cannes seem to realise – based on the average two-hour run of the majority of films this year – is that at a film viewing marathon such as Cannes, critics’ attention is yours during the first hour and twenty minutes and then you’d better start getting ready for a wow of an ending. The editor is your friend and if you want the press to be a friend too, it’s good to shed extraneous long-windedness and not irk the critics – unless you are Miguel Gomes, then you can go on forever…...
What few filmmakers premiering their work at Cannes seem to realise – based on the average two-hour run of the majority of films this year – is that at a film viewing marathon such as Cannes, critics’ attention is yours during the first hour and twenty minutes and then you’d better start getting ready for a wow of an ending. The editor is your friend and if you want the press to be a friend too, it’s good to shed extraneous long-windedness and not irk the critics – unless you are Miguel Gomes, then you can go on forever…...
- 5/27/2015
- by Zornitsa Staneva
- SoundOnSight
★★★☆☆ Following his well-regarded A Touch of Sin (2013), which played in Cannes a couple of years ago, Jia Zhang-ke is back in competition with a new three-part drama, Mountains May Depart (2015). Each section takes on a different period in time starting in 1999. China is moving toward the new millennium with confidence and optimism - ironically underlined by a group dancing to the pumped-up strains of The Pet Shop Boys singing The Pet Shop Boys' Go West. This is before the popularity of widescreen televisions, and so the first section takes place in the old box pan-and-scan 4:3 ratio. Two friends Liang (Liang Jingdong) and Jingsheng (Zhang Yi) vie for the affections of Tao (Jia's wife Zhao Tao).
- 5/20/2015
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
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