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24 City is a 2008 Chinese film by Jia Zhangke that blends documentary and fiction to portray the changes in Chengdu over six decades. The film follows three generations of characters as a state-owned factory is replaced by a modern apartment complex.
24 City: Directed by Jia Zhang-ke. With Jianbin Chen, Joan Chen, Liping Lü, Tao Zhao. When a factory is being torn down in Chengdu, China, workers reflect on their experiences and the importance of the factory in their lives.
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- Documentary, Drama
- Zhangke Jia
- 2009-03-06
Jul 19, 2018 · July 19, 2018. The Chinese director Jia Zhangke’s probing, rueful blend of fiction and documentary, from 2006, is set in a vast industrial center in Chengdu that’s being...
- Condé Nast
The state-owned factory 420 shuts down to give way to a complex of luxury apartments called “24 City”. Three generations, eight characters: old workers, factory executives, and yuppies—their stories are the history of China.
Directed by: Jia Zhang Ke / Starring: Joan Chen, Zhao Tao, Lv LipingChengdu, nowadays. The state-owned factory 420 shuts down to give way to a complex of lux...
- 3 min
- 86.8K
- sphinxfilmswelike
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24 City chronicles the dramatic closing of a once-prosperous state-owned factory in Chengdu, southwest China and its conversion into a sprawling luxury apartment complex. Three generations, eight characters: old workers, factory executives and yuppies, their stories melt into the History of China.
