Culture Arena

China · Movies · Hard

Which filmmaker's 'Platform' (2000) traces a provincial theatre troupe through the 1980s reforms, and his later 'A Touch of Sin' (2013) won Best Screenplay at Cannes for its four-part narrative of modern violence drawn from real news stories?

Answer: Jia Zhangke — Jia Zhangke's films document China's transformation from his home province of Shanxi, moving from intimate arthouse dramas to genre-inflected social commentary without losing his documentary eye.

Jia Zhangke's films document China's transformation from his home province of Shanxi, moving from intimate arthouse dramas to genre-inflected social commentary without losing his documentary eye.

Play China · Movies