The World (film)

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The World

The World film poster
Directed by Jia Zhangke
Produced by Hengameh Panahi,
Takio Yoshida
Written by Jia Zhangke
Starring Chen Taisheng,
Zhao Tao
Cinematography Yu Lik-wai
Editing by Kong Jinglei
Distributed by United States:
Zeitgeist Films
Worldwide:
Celluloid Dreams
Release date(s) Venice:
September 4, 2004
Toronto:
September 15, 2004
China:
April 15, 2005
United States:
July 1, 2005
Running time 105 min.
Language Jin Chinese,
Chinese (Mandarin)
Allmovie profile
IMDb profile

The World (Chinese: 世界; Shijie) is a 2004 film written and directed by Jia Zhangke. The film was nominated for the "Golden Lion" at the 2004 Venice Film Festival but ultimately lost to Mike Leigh's drama Vera Drake. It was the first film by Jia to gain official approval from the Chinese government.[1]

  • Tagline: Give me a day, I'll give you a world.

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[edit] Main cast

  • Zhao Tao – Tao
  • Chen Taisheng – Taisheng
  • Jing Jue – Wei
  • Jiang Zhong-wei – Niu

[edit] Notable Addresses

The World featured on the cover of Israeli film magazine Maarvon on January 2005. In it filmmaker Tom Shoval writes about Jia Zhangke films.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hu, Brian (2005-02-17). Asia Pacific Arts: Presenting the World. UCLA Asia Institute. Retrieved on 2007-02-27.

[edit] External links

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