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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 .
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.
Directed by: Jia Zhang Ke / Starring: Joan Chen, Zhao Tao, Lv LipingChengdu, nowadays. The state-owned factory 420 shuts down to give way to a complex of lux...
May 17, 2008 · Chengdu nowadays. The state owned factory 420 shuts down to give way to a complex of luxury apartments called "24 CITY". Three generations, eight characters : old workers, factory executives and yuppies, their stories melt into the History of China. Cast. Joan Chen - Xiaohua Zhao Tao - Nana Liping Lu - Dali Chen Jianbin; Image Gallery
24 City. Fandango at Home. Rent 24 City on Fandango at Home, or buy it on Fandango at Home. One of China's most talented directors blurs the lines between non-fiction, drama, and musical theater ...
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Sep 27, 2008 · 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. Director, Writer. Yongming Zhai. Writer.
"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, takes place in and around a giant, formerly-top-secret aircraft plant in Chengdu City, Sichuan. Again, the subject is displacement. Having been purchased by a state-controlled real estate developer, China Resources, Factory 420 is slated for demolition. More precisely, it will be converted into a luxury ...
