Mountains May Depart
| Mountains May Depart | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Chinese | 山河故人 |
| Mandarin | Shānhé gùrén |
| Directed by | Jia Zhangke |
| Produced by |
Ren Zhonglun Nathanaël Karmitz Liu Shiyu Shozo Ichiyama |
| Written by | Jia Zhangke |
| Starring |
Zhao Tao Zhang Yi Liang Jingdong Dong Zijian |
Production companies |
Xstream Pictures Shanghai Film Group MK2 |
| Distributed by |
Sihai Distribution Association (China)[1] Tianjin Maoyan Media (China)[1] Ad Vitam (France) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 131 minutes |
| Country |
China France Japan |
| Language | Mandarin |
| Box office |
CN¥32.22 million (China) US$79,768 (United States)[2] |
Mountains May Depart (Chinese: 山河故人) is a 2015 drama film directed by Jia Zhangke. The film is Jia's eighth feature film.[3][4] It competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[5][6] It has also been selected to be shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[7] It was released in China on 30 October 2015.[1]
Plot
The film has three parts, set in 1999, 2014 and in Australia in the year 2025, respectively.[8]
Cast
- Zhao Tao[8]
- Zhang Yi
- Liang Jingdong
- Dong Zijian
- Sylvia Chang
- Rong Zishan
- Liang Yonghao
- Liu Lu
- Yuan Wenqian
Reception
Box office
The film earned CN¥32.22 million at the Chinese box office.[1]
Critical reception
Mountains May Depart holds a 79/100 average on review aggregation site Metacritic.[9] Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian wrote, "Jia Zhang-ke’s Mountains May Depart is a mysterious and in its way staggeringly ambitious piece of work from a film-maker whose creativity is evolving before our eyes."[10]
Scott Foundas of Variety states "Mountains May Depart is never less than a work of soaring ambition and deeply felt humanism, as Jia longs not so much to turn back the hands of time, but to ever so slightly slow them down."[11]
Derek Elley of Film Business Asia gave it a 5 out of 10, calling the film a "weakly written saga of friendship [that] goes way off the rails in the final part."[12]
Music
- Go West (1993) by the Pet Shop Boys (in the first and last scenes)[13]
- Take care (Chinese: 珍重, 1990) by Sally Yeh (Chinese: 葉倩文)[13]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "山河故人（2015）". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ↑ "Mountains May Depart". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ↑ "山河故人 (2015)". movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ↑ Kevin Ma (13 February 2015). "Shanghai Film Group reveals forthcoming projects". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ↑ "Screenings Guide". Festival de Cannes. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ↑ "Toronto to open with 'Demolition'; world premieres for 'Trumbo', 'The Program'". ScreenDaily. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- 1 2 Patrick Frater (19 May 2014). "China's Jia Zhangke Plans 'Mountains' Trek (EXCLUSIVE)". variety.com. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ↑ "Mountains May Depart Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ↑ Peter Bradshaw (20 May 2015). "Mountains May Depart review: Jia Zhang-ke scales new heights with futurist drama". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ↑ Scott Foundas (19 May 2015). "Cannes Film Review: 'Mountains May Depart'". Variety. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ↑ Derek Elley (21 May 2015). "Mountains May Depart". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- 1 2 (French) Antoine Duplan, "« Au-delà des montagnes » : l’argent ne fait pas le bonheur de la Chine", Le Temps, Tuesday 26 January 2016 (page visited on 3 February 2016).