Useless
6.5
Observations of three varied corners of China’s garment industry: workers in a large-scale production line factory; a designer who rallies against the mass-machine-production of clothes and has created the eponymous hand-made collection called ‘Useless’ (Wuyong) for Paris Fashion Week; and finally the simple life of increasingly out-of-work tailors in small town Fengdang.
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Jia Zhangke Director · Lim Giong Composer Nelson Yu Lik-wai Cinematographer
United States release October 13, 2007 · Produced in China, Hong Kong SAR China · Languages Cantonese, Chinese, English, French
Production
China Film Association
Production
Mixmind Art and Design Company
Production
Xstream Pictures
Production
China · Hong Kong SAR China
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Original title
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Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese · Chinese · English · French
Release dates
Italy · September 3, 2007
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
United States · October 13, 2007
Premiere · New York Film Festival
United States
October 23, 2020 · Premiere · San Diego Asian Film Festival
Brazil
October 30, 2007 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival
September 26, 2008 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
January 16, 2009 · Theatrical
Canada
September 8, 2007 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
China
April 20, 2017 · Premiere · West Lake International Documentary Festival
France
February 6, 2008 · Theatrical
Germany
December 4, 2008 · Premiere · Around the World in 14 Films Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
October 10, 2007 · Premiere · Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
Japan
November 17, 2007 · Premiere · Tokyo FILMeX
Poland
May 13, 2008 · Premiere · Planete Doc Review
Serbia
February 27, 2008 · Premiere · Belgrade Film Festival
South Korea
May 22, 2008 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 1, 2008 · Premiere · Göteborg International Film Festival
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