Dong
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jia Zhang-ke
Dan Bo
Chow Chi-sang
Ren Jiajia
Song Jing
Kong Jinglei
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Focuses upon ordinary people caught in the throes of a rapidly changing Chinese society by following the work of acclaimed painter Liu Xiao-dong. First he goes to Fengjie in China, then to Bangkok. In Fengjie, Liu captures gaunt male workers, shirtless, both at work and in repose. The space is framed by a stunning landscape into which signs of industrial relics slowly intrude. In Bangkok, he paints young female Thai models. Fengjie's male workers may have been posed with playing cards and Bangkok's models lounge in printed dresses with fruit, but despite the many oppositions, the two sets of paintings are united in the impassivity on their subject's expressions, and in the cultural malaise they seem to embody.
Director
Jia Zhang-ke
Crew
Dan Bo
Chow Chi-sang
Ren Jiajia
Song Jing
Kong Jinglei
Zhu Jiong
Chow Keung
Krittant Leguupttigarn
Tian Li
Yu Lik-wai
Yu Lik-wai
Liu Xiaodong
Zhang Yang
Jia Zhang-ke
Jia Zhang-ke
Jia Zhang-ke
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2006
Released in United States September 2006
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Real to Reel) September 7-16, 2006.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Dragons and Tigers) September 28-October 13, 2006.
Shown at Venice International Film Festival (Horizons) August 30-September 9, 2006.
Released in United States 2006
Released in United States 2006 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Dragons and Tigers) September 28-October 13, 2006.)
Released in United States 2006 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (Horizons) August 30-September 9, 2006.)
Released in United States September 2006 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Real to Reel) September 7-16, 2006.)
