Dong
6.4
Jia Zhangke travels with painter Liu Xiaodong from China to Thailand as they as they meet everyday workers in the throes of social turmoil. Liu Xiaodong is well-known for his monumental canvases, particularly those inspired by China's Three Gorges Dam project. Jia Zhangke visits Liu on the banks of Fengjie, a city about to be swallowed up by the Yangtze River. The area is in the process of being "de-constructed" by armies of shirtless male workers who form the subject of Liu's paintings. Liu and Jia next travel to Bangkok, where Liu paints Thai sex workers languishing in brothels. The two sets of paintings are united in their subjects' shared sense of malaise in the face of the dehumanizing labor afforded them.
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Cast
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Jia Zhangke Director · Nelson Yu Lik-wai Cinematographer
United States release October 23, 2020 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China, China · Original title 东
Production
Xstream Pictures
Production
Hong Kong SAR China · China
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Languages
Original title
东
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
Italy · September 5, 2006
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China · November 18, 2006
Theatrical
United States · October 23, 2020
Premiere · San Diego Asian Film Festival
Canada
September 14, 2006 · Toronto International Film Festival
China
April 20, 2017 · West Lake International Documentary Festival
Croatia
December 7, 2006 · Human Rights Film Festival
Greece
March 22, 2007 · Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
October 1, 2006 · Premiere · Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
April 8, 2026 · Premiere · Hong Kong International Film Festival
Japan
November 24, 2007 · Tokyo FILMeX
New Zealand
July 19, 2007 · New Zealand International Film Festival
Poland
May 14, 2008 · Planete Doc Review
Serbia
February 27, 2007 · Belgrade Film Festival
South Korea
July 26, 2007 · Theatrical
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