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Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue (simplified Chinese: 一直游到海水变蓝, pinyin: Yī zhí yóu dào hǎi shuǐ biàn lán) is a 2020 documentary film by Jia Zhangke about three authors attending a literary festival in his hometown in Shanxi.
Opens 5/28 in select theaters.From master director Jia Zhang-Ke (Ash Is Purest White, A Touch of Sin) comes a vital document of Chinese society since 1949.
- 2 min
- 11.7K
- The Cinema Guild
May 28, 2021 · Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue: Directed by Zhangke Jia. With Huifang Duan, Liang Hong, Yu Hua, Pingwa Jia. Filmmaker Jia Zhangke chronicles his local literature festival in Shanxi, China which includes a multi-generational roster of the country's most esteemed writers.
- (518)
- Documentary, History
- Zhangke Jia
- 2021-05-28
Jia weaves it all together with his usual brilliance. SWIMMING OUT TILL THE SEA TURNS BLUE is an indispensable account of a changing China from one of the country's...
- (30)
- Documentary
- Zhang-Ke Jia
May 27, 2021 · ‘Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue’ Review: China Through Writers’ Eyes Jia Zhangke’s documentary illuminates a vast and complicated history in a series of intimate conversations. Share ...
Jia Zhang-ke’s latest traces the history of contemporary China through the lives and writings of four of the country’s prolific literary figures.In May 2019,...
- 2 min
- 18.4K
- TIFF Trailers
Prominent Chinese writers and scholars gather in a village in Shanxi, a province of China and the hometown of Jia Zhang-Ke. This starts an 18-chapter symphony about Chinese society since 1949.
