Caught By The Tides

[Machine Translation] 22 years in the making! The world is eagerly awaiting a new film by the world-renowned Chinese master director JIA Zhang-ke, who boldly blends documentary and fiction in this never-before-seen film. The main character Chao is played by Chao Tao, the director's wife. Binh is played by Lee Chiu-bing, who also played his lover in "Blue Lightning" and "A Song of Lamentations on the Yangtze River. Director Jia, who is known for his use of music, continues his mastery of the genre in this film. Like a genre-less DJ, music that symbolizes the times and represents Chao's feelings flows seamlessly. The film was also shot by Eric Gauthier, who has worked on recent films with Jia Zhang-ke's close friend Yu Lik-wai. The film's music is by Lin Chang, who has worked with Jia on his previous films. Officially entered in Competition at the 77th Cannes International Film Festival. --The year was 2001, the year of the new century, and people were filled with vague hopes for the future. In 2006, the construction of the Three Gorges Dam led to the demolition of buildings and the relocation of more than one million residents along the Yangtze River. In 2022, the year of the Corona Disaster, when remarkable economic development was achieved and even local cities became urbanized.... Chao visits Fengjie in search of his girlfriend Binh, who has not returned after leaving Datong in Shanxi Province, and Binh visits Zhuhai, a special economic zone adjacent to Macau, in search of work. Time passes, and the two go back to Datong. Where will Chao end up after 22 years of traveling in the 21st century? After 22 years, a city without jobs, with unpaved roads, and suffering from the disparity with Beijing, is now lined with buildings, globalized, and young people enjoying the same entertainment as in cities around the world. The two-fold cell phone has become a smart phone, the AI robot that was once the world of science fiction is now serving customers in supermarkets and talking to lonely women, and so on. Things that break, things that disappear, and things that are built again. Encounters and partings are repeated as we are swallowed up by the ever-changing city. Time does not return. Therefore, we move forward. Special features include a theatrical trailer.

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総製作期間22年! 世界が新作を熱望する中国の名匠ジャ・ジャンクー監督がドキュメンタリーとフィクションを大胆に融合した、これまでに観たことがない映画。主人公チャオを演じるのは監督の妻でもあるチャオ・タオ。ビンを演じるのは『青の稲妻』『長江哀歌』でも恋人役だったリー・チュウビン。音楽の使い方に定評のあるジャ監督の力量は本作でも健在。まるでジャンルレスなDJのプレイのように、時代時代を象徴し、チャオの気持ちを代弁する音楽がシームレスに流れる。また、ジャ・ジャンクーの盟友ユー・リクウァイと近作を手掛けているエリック・ゴーティエが撮影を担当。映画音楽はこれまでのジャ作品とタッグを組んできたリン・チャンが手掛けている。第77回カンヌ国際映画祭コンペティション部門正式出品。――新たな世紀を迎え、漠然とした未来への期待に溢れていた2001年。三峡ダム建設により建物が解体され、長江で100万を超える住民たちが移住した2006年。目覚ましい経済発展を遂げ、地方都市も都会化したコロナ禍の2022年・・・。チャオは山西省・大同 (ダートン)を出て戻らぬ恋人ビンを探して奉節 (フォンジエ)を訪ね、ビンは仕事を求めて奉節からマカオに隣接する経済特区・珠海 (チューハイ)を訪れる。時は流れ、ふたりはまた大同へ――。恋人たちの関係と比例するように、街は変化していく。21世紀を22年かけて旅するチャオはどこにたどり着くのか――。仕事もなく、道路は舗装されておらず、北京との格差にあえいでいた街が、22年の時を経て、ビルが立ち並び、グローバル化され、若者たちは世界の都市と変わらぬ娯楽を享受するようになる。二つ折りの携帯電話はスマートフォンに、SF世界だったAIロボットはスーパーマーケットで接客をし、孤独な女性の話し相手に・・・。壊れゆくもの、消えゆくもの、再び構築されるもの。変貌し続ける街に飲み込まれながら、出会いと別れを繰り返す。時間は戻らない。だから、前へと進む。 特典映像約2分には、劇場予告編を収録。