Review Ash is Purest White (2018)

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A story of violent love within a time frame spanning from 2001 to 2017.



 
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Doctor Omega

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Ash Is Purest White
Director: Jia Zhangke (“Mountains May Depart,” “A Touch of Sin”)
Cast: Tao Zhao, Fan Liao, Xiaogang Feng, Yi’nan Diao
Details: Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke’s most ambitious film to date, this sweeping romance tale spans the entire run of the 21st century so far. Set in a frontier fortress city, the epic and violent love story takes place against the backdrop of China’s crime underworld as a young dancer falls in love with a local mobster.

During a fight between rival gangs, the dancer fires a shot to protect her love and is sentenced to five years in prison. Upon her release, she goes looking for him to try to start all over again. Zhao Tao (“Mountains May Depart”), Jia’s wife, stars as the dancer opposite Liao Fan (“Black Coal, Thin Ice”) as the mobster. Shooting has been underway for months and continues well into 2018 so it may not be ready until 2019.
 
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Screening at Cannes in May to strongly positive reviews, this Chinese epic still hasn’t locked in a theatrical release yet. The story follows a woman in love with a local mobster and ends up in prison trying to save him. When released she tries to pick up where they left off.
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