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2018
2h 16m
Jia Zhangke
Ash Is Purest White
★ 7.0 IMDb
Drama
Crime
Romance
Set in China's underworld, this tale of love and betrayal follows a dancer who fired a gun to protect her mobster boyfriend during a fight. On release from prison 5 years later, she sets out to find him.
Writer
Jia Zhangke
Cast
Zhao Tao
,
Liao Fan
,
Diao Yinan
,
Ding Jiali
DP
Éric Gautier
Music
Lim Giong
Essays and Criticism
On this film
Ash Is Purest White (Jia Zhangke, China/France/Japan)
by James Lattimer,
Cinema Scope
Ash Is Purest White — Young Critics Workshop
by Bart Versteirt,
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Ash Is Purest White
by Andrew Chan,
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CANNES 2018: ASH IS PUREST WHITE BY JIA ZHANG-KE
by Mónica Delgado,
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On Jia Zhangke
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by Tony Rayns,
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Jia Zhangke and the Chinese Century
by Mark Asch,
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Zhangke Going Home: Retrospection in the Cinema of Jia Zhangke
by Bart Versteirt,
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