Movie · Drama · Romance

From the multi-awarding winning Director Jia Zhangke (A Touch of Sin, Still Life, The World) Mountains May Depart, follows the life of Shen Tao (Tao Zhao), and those close to her, across three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025. Fenyang, 1999, childhood friends Liangzi, a coal miner, and Zhang, the owner of a gas station, are both in love with Tao, the town beauty. Tao eventually marries the wealthier Zhang and they have a son he names Dollar. 2014. Tao is divorced and her son emigrates to Australia with his business magnate father. Australia, 2025. 19-year-old Dollar no longer speaks Chinese and can barely communicate with his now bankrupt father. All that he remembers of his mother is her name.

2015 · 2h 6m
Director Jia Zhangke

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Mountains May Depart

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From the multi-awarding winning Director Jia Zhangke (A Touch of Sin, Still Life, The World) Mountains May Depart, follows the life of Shen Tao (Tao Zhao), and those close to her, across three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025. Fenyang, 1999, childhood friends Liangzi, a coal miner, and Zhang, the owner of a gas station, are both in love with Tao, the town beauty. Tao eventually marries the wealthier Zhang and they have a son he names Dollar. 2014. Tao is divorced and her son emigrates to Australia with his business magnate father. Australia, 2025. 19-year-old Dollar no longer speaks Chinese and can barely communicate with his now bankrupt father. All that he remembers of his mother is her name.

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Studio
Shanghai Film Group
Released
2015
Run Time
2 hr 6 min
Rated
U/A 13+
Regions of Origin
China mainland, France, Japan
© 2015 BANDAI VISUAL, BITTERS END, OFFICE KITANO

Languages

Original Audio
Mandarin, Cantonese, Chinese, Japanese, Japanese (Japan), English
Audio

Chinese , French (France)

Subtitles

English (United States) (SDH)