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  1. Platform is a 2000 Chinese film written and directed by Jia Zhangke. The film is set in and around the small city of Fenyang, Shanxi province, China (Jia's birthplace), from the end of the 1970s to the beginning of the 1990s.

  2. Aug 29, 2001 · Platform. Original title: Zhantai. 2000. 2h 34m. IMDb RATING. 7.3 /10. 3.1K. YOUR RATING. Rate. Drama History. A theatre troupe from rural Fenyang struggles under the decline of communism and rise of popular culture in China in the 1980s. Director. Zhangke Jia. Writer. Zhangke Jia. Stars. Hongwei Wang. Tao Zhao. Liang Jingdong.

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    • Drama, History
    • Zhangke Jia
    • 2001-08-29
  3. Platform. Directed by Jia Zhangke • 2000 • China. Starring Wang Hongwei, Zhao Tao, Jindong Liang. One of the first masterpieces of twenty-first century cinema, Jia Zhangke’s sophomore feature is an at once epic and intimate vision of the changing China of the 1980s.

  4. Set in Fenyang, Shanxi Province, the film focuses on a group of amateur theatre troupe performers whose fate mirrors that of the general population in China as massive socio-economic changes sweep across the mainland.

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  5. Platform is set in 1980's China, when the shift from Mao's Communist reforms start to transition into a much more westernized society. At the start we begin with a theater troupe of kids, all obligated to perform state-approved material.

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    • Jia Zhangke
  6. A group of friends experiences social, political and cultural changes in China from 1979 to 1989.

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    • Drama
  7. In 1979, in a China undergoing rapid changes, it is still forbidden to listen to pop music. Platform is a record young people listen to in secret. Minliang and his friends, an official theatre company, present a play in praise of Mao Zedong.