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Still Life
Jia Zhang Ke

GOLDEN LION, VENICE 2006

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Still Life
Sanxia Haoren
China
2006
108min
Drama
Zhao TAO, Han SANMING
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Fengjie’s old town is already under water, but its new neighbourhood hasn’t been finished yet.

Han Sanming, a miner, travels to Fengjie to look for his ex-wife whom he has not seen in 16 years. Seeing each other by the Yangtze River, they decide to remarry.
Shen Hong, a nurse, travels to Fengjie to look for her husband who hasn’t come home in two years. They hug in front of the Three Gorges Dam. Despite a dance, they sadly call it quits and decide to divorce.

There are things to salvage and there are things to leave behind…

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