UW Cinematheque - Premiere Showcase
A Touch of Sin China | 2013 | HD Projection | 133 min. | Mandarin with English subtitles Director: Jia Zhangke
Event Details
Date
Friday, December 13, 2013
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Like Wong Kar Wai with The Grandmaster, A Touch of Sin sees modern master Jia Zhangke (The World, Still Life) boldly applying his arthouse aesthetic to the violent wuxia genre. Following four threads spread across China’s vast geography and economy, this potent critique of contemporary China was one of the most universally acclaimed films of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. The title is a riff on King Hu’s wuxia classic A Touch of Zen, which screened at the 2013 Wisconsin Film Festival.
Cost
Free
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