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Mountains May Depart

Mountains May Depart

Drama · Romance · 2015

The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.

Movie details

Mountains May Depart

2015 Drama · Romance 2h 7m

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7.0 / 10

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The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Jia Zhangke

Written by

Jia Zhangke

Zhao Tao

Zhao Tao

Shen Tao

Zhang Yi

Zhang Yi

Zhang Jinsheng

Liang Jingdong

Liang Jingdong

Liang Jangjung

Dong Zijian

Dong Zijian

Zhang Daole

Sylvia Chang

Sylvia Chang

Mia

Rong Zishan

Rong Zishan

Young Zhang Daole

Liu Lu

Liu Lu

Liang's Wife

Court is in session

Put Mountains May Depart on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.