Un amour impossible
Empathy-arousing French adaptation of Christine Angot’s bestseller in which Rachel can’t seem to escape her doomed love affair.
134'
France
IFFR 2019
Young dancer Qiao falls for powerful mob boss Bin. After protecting him during a rival gang’s ambush, she ends up in prison. Upon release, some five years later, she seeks out Bin to restart their old life. But is that still possible? Their violent relationship develops from 2001 to 2017, which allows director Jia Zhangke to chronicle contemporary China – from mining ghost towns to entire villages sacrificed for new dams.
Maestro Jia Zhangke’s latest film was inspired by scenes cut from his previous works Unknown Pleasures (2002) and Still Life (2006). Those films also featured Jia's muse and wife Zhao Tao in the lead and, in the director’s mind, the two roles she played in those films melded into one. Ash Is Purest White completes her story.
Also see Masterclass Jia Zhangke.
IFFR 2019
- 141'
- China
- 2018
- Director
- Jia Zhangke
- Countries of production
- China, France
- Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 141'
- Medium
- DCP
- Original title
- Jiang hu er nv
- Language
- Mandarin
- Producers
- Jia Zhangke, Ren Zhonglun, Dong Ping, Nathanaël Karmitz, Elisha Karmitz, Liu Shiyu, Zhu Weijie, Ichiyama Shozo, Yang Jinsong
- Production Companies
- Xstream Pictures, Shanghai Film Group Corporation, Huanxi Media Group Limited, Huayi Brothers Pictures Ltd, MK2 Productions, Beijing Runjin Investment, Enchant Film and Television Culture Co. Ltd., Wishart Media Co. Ltd.
- Sales
- mk2 Films
- Screenplay
- Jia Zhangke
- Cinematography
- Eric Gautier
- Editor
- Matthieu Laclau, Lin Xudong
- Production Design
- Liu Weixin
- Sound Design
- Zhang Yang
- Music
- Lim Giong
- Cast
- Zhao Tao, Liao Fan, Xu Zheng, Diao Yi'nan, Casper Liang, Feng Xiaogang, Zhang Yibai
- Local Distributor
- Cherry Pickers
- Director
- Jia Zhangke
- Countries of production
- China, France
- Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 141'
- Medium
- DCP
- Original title
- Jiang hu er nv
- Language
- Mandarin
- Producers
- Jia Zhangke, Ren Zhonglun, Dong Ping, Nathanaël Karmitz, Elisha Karmitz, Liu Shiyu, Zhu Weijie, Ichiyama Shozo, Yang Jinsong
- Production Companies
- Xstream Pictures, Shanghai Film Group Corporation, Huanxi Media Group Limited, Huayi Brothers Pictures Ltd, MK2 Productions, Beijing Runjin Investment, Enchant Film and Television Culture Co. Ltd., Wishart Media Co. Ltd.
- Sales
- mk2 Films
- Screenplay
- Jia Zhangke
- Cinematography
- Eric Gautier
- Editor
- Matthieu Laclau, Lin Xudong
- Production Design
- Liu Weixin
- Sound Design
- Zhang Yang
- Music
- Lim Giong
- Cast
- Zhao Tao, Liao Fan, Xu Zheng, Diao Yi'nan, Casper Liang, Feng Xiaogang, Zhang Yibai
- Local Distributor
- Cherry Pickers
Programme IFFR 2019
Limelight
Avant-premieres of some of the cinematic highlights of the year: international award-winners and festival favourites which will be released in Dutch cinemas after IFFR.
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Adaptation of war reporter Ryszard Kapuscinski’s most famous book mixes hyper-realistic animation, documentary, hallucinatory impressions and literary soul searching.
86'
Poland
IFFR 2019
Asako I & II
In this gender-flipped Vertigo set in Japan, Asako’s encounter with her ex-lover’s lookalike sees her confronting the messiness of love.
119'
Japan
IFFR 2019