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Mar 6, 2009 · 24 City: Directed by Zhangke Jia. With Jianbin Chen, Joan Chen, Liping Lü, Tao Zhao. When a factory is being torn down in Chengdu, China, workers reflect on their experiences and the importance of the factory in their lives.
- (2.3K)
- Documentary, Drama
- Zhangke Jia
- 2009-03-06
24 City (Chinese: 二十四城记) is a 2008 Chinese film directed and co-written by Jia Zhangke. The film follows three generations of characters in Chengdu (in the 1950s, the 1970s and the present) as a state-owned factory gives way to a modern apartment complex .
As a decades-old state-run aeronautics munitions factory in downtown Chengdu, China is being torn down for the construction of the titular luxury apartment complex, director Jia Zhangke interviews various people affiliated with it about their experiences.
- Jia Zhangke
- 108 min
- 6
Documentary focusing on the lives of eight people affected after a thriving factory in China that provides hundreds of jobs is replaced by an apartment complex.
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- Jianbin Chen, Joan Chen, Liping Lu, Tao Zhao
- Zhang-Ke Jia
- Shanghai Film Group
The once-prosperous state-owned factory in Chengdu, southwest China, it is converted into a sprawling luxury apartment complex. Three generations, eight characters: old workers, factory executives, and yuppies, their stories melt into the History of China.
As a decades-old state-run aeronautics munitions factory in downtown Chengdu, China is being torn down for the construction of the titular luxury apartment complex, director Jia Zhangke interviews various people affiliated with it about their experiences. Videos: Trailers, Teasers, Featurettes. Cast. Joan Chen. Xiao Hua. Lü Liping. Hao Dali.
- 112 min
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"Jia Zhangke’s last feature, Still Life (2006), was set in Fengjie, an ancient river city flooded and rebuilt as part of China’s monumental Three Gorges Dam Project; his latest, 24 City,...
