Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue (2020)
Coming Out at May 28, 2021 in theaters
“Yi zhi you dao hai shui bian lan”
Documentary
The film primiered at February 21, 2020 on Berlin International Film Festival. From director Jia Zhang-Ke comes a vital document of Chinese society since 1949. Jia interviews three prominent authors—Jia Pingwa, Yu Hua, and Liang Hong—born in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, respectively, and all from the same Shanxi province where Jia also grew up.
In their stories, we hear of the dire circumstances they faced in their rural villages and small towns, and the substantial political effort undertaken to address it, from the social revolution of the 1950s through the unrest of the late 1980s. In their faces, we see full volumes left unsaid.
Director: Zhangke Jia
Writers: Zhangke Jia, Jiahuan Wan
Stars: Huifang Duan, Liang Hong, Pingwa Jia, Hua Yu