Fresh
Awesome filmmaking.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Overview
China’s rapid changes from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, as seen through the lives of four performers in a theater troupe.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
80%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The play of the proscenium against the filmmaker's taste for unmediated reality is fascinating.
J. Hoberman, Village Voice
Fresh
An intellectually engaging movie.
A.O. Scott, New York Times
Fresh
Creates a vivid sense of what it's like to be on the remote fringes of a great state experiment.
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
Fresh
One of the first masterpieces of the 21st century.
Mark Peranson, Globe and Mail
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