One Second
“A mere second at its shortest, a whole lifetime at its longest.”
A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.
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Cast
25 people
Zhang Yi
Fugitive
Known for
Operation Red Sea
The Knockout
Liu Haocun
Orphan Liu
Known for
Ride On
Cliff Walkers
Fan Wei
Mr. Movie
Known for
The Long Season
Air Strike
Li Yan
Yang He
Also in
The First Shot
Love Game in Eastern Fantasy
Yang Tiecheng
Worker
No other roles listed
Li Xiaochuan
Cook
Known for
The Dead End
One Week Friends
Yu Yang
Truck Driver
Known for
Successor
Wang Bing
Restaurant Waiter
Cao Rui
Mr. Movie's Son
Known for
Cliff Walkers
Zhang Shaobo
Little Boy Liu
Also in
Warrior God of Exorcism
Tang Ziyue
Young Bully
Also in
The Love of Hypnosis
Chen Xu
Young Bully
Zhang Yimou Director · Zou Jingzhi Screenplay Yan Geling Author
Worldwide gross $11M · Budget $1.2M · United States release May 1, 2022
Box office
Budget
$1,250,000
Worldwide gross
$10,791,301
Gross vs. budget
8.6×
Production
Huanxi Media
Production
Edko Films
Production
China · Hong Kong SAR China
Produced in
Languages
Original title
一秒钟
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
China · November 27, 2020
Theatrical
United States · May 1, 2022
Premiere · Independent Film Festival of Boston
Canada
September 18, 2021 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Czechia
September 1, 2022 · Theatrical
Finland
October 7, 2022 · Theatrical
Germany
July 14, 2022 · Theatrical
Greece
July 7, 2022 · Theatrical
September 6, 2022 · Digital · Cinobo
Japan
May 20, 2022 · Theatrical
Russia
November 26, 2022 · Digital
South Korea
October 7, 2021 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
January 27, 2022 · Theatrical
Spain
October 1, 2021 · Theatrical · Vértigo Films
United Kingdom
July 23, 2022 · Premiere · Cinema Rediscovered Festival
September 16, 2022 · Digital · MUBI
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