- 2005
- Zeitgeist Films
- 2 h 23 m
SummaryAcclaimed Chinese director Jia Zhangke casts a compassionate eye on the daily loves, friendships and desperate dreams of the twenty-somethings from China’s remote Provinces who come to live and work at Beijing’s World Park. (Zeitgeist Films)
Directed By:Zhangke Jia
Written By:Zhangke Jia
The World
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Universal Acclaim
81
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87% Positive
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A heartbreaking, beautiful movie that gains strength from its deep characterizations.
By G. Allen Johnson
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A film of wonderful looseness and innovation. Set free to film fakes, the director is the real thing.
90
The comic, tragic and monumentally beautiful new film by writer-director Jia Zhangke (Platform).
80
Maverick Chinese director Jia Zhangke examines the rapidly changing face of China as its economy edges further toward a modified form of market capitalism with yet another complex, multicharacter masterpiece.
75
The movie is long and slow. Either you will fall into its rhythm, or you will grow restless.
70
While the film feels overlong at two hours 20 minutes, there's a seductive stillness to its enveloping mood.
50
The World's dull weave of frustrated romances and worker exploitation is far too obvious, and Jia can only relieve the tedium so many times.
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Aug 26, 2010
10
Jia Zhangke's tale of an ensemble of characters working at a theme park in Beijing (supposedly meant to capture the entire world within its walls) is rife with symbolism and cultural significance, but it works best as a beautiful and arresting drama. Definitely one of the best films to come out of China in the past 10 years by one of the most talented rising directors.
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Production Company:
- Office Kitano
- Lumen Films
- X Stream Pictures
- Bandai Visual Company
- Bitters End
- Dentsu
- Shanghai Film Group
- TV Asahi
- Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co.
- Xinghui Production, Hong Kong
Release Date:Jul 1, 2005
Duration:2 h 23 m
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Awards
Village Voice Film Poll
• 3 Nominations
Vesoul Asian Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
