24 City

24 City

An inspiring exploration of the changing face of an industrial Chinese city. As a factory faces closure to make way for luxury flats, the workers tell their stories about the factory which manufactured military aircraft as well as tales about their lives. Three generations reveal their experiences, capturing a recent history of China.

"Enthralling, beguiling and haunting."
Little White Lies

"A deeply serious and sombre film, trying to find a way of telling the stories of people affected by the gigantic political and economic changes sweeping that country whose concerns must in the end affect us all: 21st-century China."
The Guardian

 

Dates / Times

This film was last shown at Showroom on 15 Jul 2010

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Director
Zhang Ke Jia
Country
China
Year
2008
Duration
112 mins
Language
Chinese
Cast
Jianbin Chen, Joan Chen, Liping Lu, Tao Zhao