One Second
China / 2020 / 104 min
In Putonghua with Chinese and English subtitles
Toronto International Film Festival
Busan International Film Festival

Celebrated filmmaker Zhang Yimou returns to his roots as a director of intimate and humanistic stories with this Cultural Revolution-set fable. The film follows a nameless man who escapes a labour camp for a glimpse of his daughter on a newsreel that captured her for a single second. Along the way, the man is accompanied by an orphan girl and a projectionist who can work wonders with celluloid. Zhang’s best and most intimate film since Coming Home is a whimsical odyssey that draws on Zhang’s memories of moviegoing in 1970’s China, and also an ode to the enduring and life-changing power of cinema.

DIR:
Zhang Yimou
CAST:
Zhang Yi
Liu Haocun
Fan Wei
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