A Touch of Sin
Contemporary Cinema
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2h 9m
Leaving January 1
Directed by Jia Zhangke | 130 mins | 2013
Jia’s jarringly to-the-moment wuxia film, based on scandalous stories from around Mainland China circulated via Weibo posts, focuses on four individuals in four provinces pushed towards violence by rampant injustice—including one who returns home to Chongqing for Chinese New Year.
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