After the cultural revolution
Drama • Movie • 1982
Starring: Yun Qu, Li Shixi, Ni Ping
Director: Zhang Xinshi
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Sight
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One Second
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2022
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Skin
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2008
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In a world where humanity has lost the ability to dream in exchange for eternal life, one creature remains entranced by the fading illusions of the dreamworld. This monster, adrift in reverie, clings to visions no one else can see - until a woman appears. As she allows him to dream one final time, his life of different identities is replayed as they journey through his century of existence.
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China’s rapid changes from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, as seen through the lives of four performers in a theater troupe.
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