The movie
Caught by the Tides
Jia Zhangke filters a prismatic contemplation of twenty-first century China’s seismic shifts through two decades of his own films, anchored by regular collaborator Tao Zhao.
Length: 111 min
Country: China
Language spoken: Mandarijn, Chinees
Language subtitles: Nederlands
Cast: Tao Zhao, You Zhou, Zhubin Li
Director: Jia Zhang-ke
Release date: 2025-02-20
Description
As if to prove there’s no finer cinematic chronicler of modern China, director Jia Zhangke repurposes his monumental oeuvre as a single entity. Blending documentary, previous features, musical numbers and multiple incarnations of regular star Zhao Tao, it’s an elusive love story and allusive national portrait, charting the path of a woman and a country through the ebb and flow of history’s tides.
