Caught by the Tides
Directed by Jia Zhang-Ke
2024Feature111 minChinaPG
Jia Zhangke follows a fragile love across 25 years of a transforming China, an epic built from the footage of all his past films.
Synopsis
An enduring but fragile love story shared by Qiao Qiao and Guao Bin, set in China, from the early 2000s to the present day. One day, a restless Guao Bin leaves without any notice to try his luck in another province. Qiao Qiao decides to go looking for him.
In chronicling the romantic destiny of Qiao Qiao, his perennial heroine, Jia Zhangke delivers an unprecedented cinematic epic. A story that traverses all of his past films and spans 25 years of a country experiencing profound transformation.
The director
Jia Zhang-Ke
Jia Zhang-ke is the leading figure of China's Sixth Generation, chronicling the country's breakneck transformation. His Still Life won the Golden Lion at Venice in 2006, and A Touch of Sin won Best Screenplay at Cannes.
On screens
Already played at 31 cinemas in Calgary, Toronto, Halifax, Vancouver, Montreal, London, Windsor, Baie Comeau, Sherbrooke, Kingston, Ottawa, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Waterloo and more.
