In four unrelated chapters "A Touch of Sin" tells the story of contemporary China, a semi-totalitarian state bearing the accoutrements of wealth and steeped in a capitalism that's violent, unjust, zealous and already decadent. Zhangke Jia, likely China's most accomplished filmmaker, draws a picture of his birthplace that's cold, realistic and extremely determined. "Sin" is taken up with a ... more >
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A touch of sin
China, in all its ludicrousness
Wu Jiang, Vivien Li and Lanshan Luo
Directed by Zhangke Jia