The Shaft
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Zhang Chi
Luo Deyuan
Li Chen
Zheng Luoqian
Huang Xuan
Zhang Chi
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In a mining town in western China, separately, we follow three members of a family. Each individual family members' story flows from one to another chronologically, although they do not simply trace the continual development of a single family. There is the daughter who has to choose between her dreams and a suitable husband, the son who is about to start work down the mine, and the father who has just retired. Their lives are inextricably bound together as they symbolically represent the men and women from all mining towns who must accept their thwarted dreams and aspirations, and learn to accept their lot in life.
Director
Zhang Chi
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States January 21, 2010
Released in United States Winter January 21, 2010
Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Official Selection - Competition) July 4-12, 2008.
Shown at New Directors/New Films Series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center March 25-April 5, 2009.
Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (Window on Asian Cinema) October 2-10, 2008.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema/Planet Cinema) May 21-June 14, 2009.
color
Mandarin, subtitled English.
rtg MPAA NONE.
Released in United States January 21, 2010 (New York City)
Released in United States Winter January 21, 2010
