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Ash Is Purest White (Chinese: 江湖儿女; 'Sons and Daughters of Jianghu') is a 2018 Chinese drama directed by Jia Zhangke. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival .
Sep 21, 2018 · Ash Is Purest White: Directed by Zhangke Jia. With Tao Zhao, Fan Liao, Zheng Xu, Casper Liang. A story of violent love within a time frame spanning from 2001 to 2017.
Mar 15, 2019 · Ash Is Purest White finds writer-director Zhangke Jia revisiting familiar themes while continuing to observe modern Chinese society with an urgent, empathetic eye.
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Mar 14, 2019 · A successful attempt at depicting a changing China through the lives of not-quite-tragic characters and their sufferings.
Mar 13, 2019 · Packets of money change hands, and eventually a gun is fired, but “Ash Is Purest White,” Jia Zhangke’s enthralling new feature, isn’t really a crime drama.
Amid a struggle between rival gangs, a woman takes the fall for her fickle mobster boyfriend, who proves to be unworthy of her sacrifice. Watch trailers & learn more.
Mar 16, 2019 · The director Jia Zhangke filmed some of the first shots of Ash Is Purest White in his home province of Shanxi, China, using the grainiest of digital video.