¡Choko Elegy (Japanese Title)
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[Machine Translation] Golden Lion Grand Prix at the 2006 Venice International Film Festival! A masterpiece by the young Chinese master filmmaker JIA Zhang-ke, who has been compared to Yasujiro Ozu and Angelopoulos! This film depicts the reality of ordinary people in the much talked about country of China. Against the backdrop of the construction of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River, the second largest national project since the Great Wall of China after the Olympic Games, this gem of a human drama depicts the blink of "life" of the ordinary people. --The Three Gorges, a scenic spot on the Yangtze River, a great river, is set along its banks. The story centers on Sanmin, a coal miner from Shanxi Province who comes to reunite with his wife and child whom he separated 16 years ago, and Shen Hong, who searches for her husband whom she has not heard from in two years. The film tells a story of "life" of ordinary people who live each day to the fullest despite being tossed about by the swell of the times.
Original Release Year: 2006
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