Platform

Name: Platform
Director: Jia Zhangke
Released: 2000-01-01

2000 Chinese film directed by Jia Zhangke

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Released: 2000
Director: Jia Zhangke
Screenwriter: Jia Zhangke
Cast: Wang Hongwei
, Zhao Tao
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1.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=29320.htmlRetrieved 2016-05-03
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, Lina Yang
Runtime: 154 min
Genre: drama film
Country of origin: People's Republic of China
, France
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1.Stated in UnifranceRetrieved 2019-06-04
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, Japan
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Original language: Mandarin

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Platform is a 2000 Chinese film written and directed by Jia Zhangke. The film is set in and around the small city of Fenyang, Shanxi province, China, from the end of the 1970s to the beginning of the 1990s. It follows a group of twenty-something performers as they face personal and societal changes. The dialogue is a mixture of local speech, mainly Jin Chinese and Mandarin. The film has been called "an epic of grassroots". It is named after a popular song about waiting at a railway platform.

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Director of photography: Yu Lik-wai
Color: color
Narrative location: Shanxi
Part of: sixth generation Chinese films
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1.Stated in British Film Institutebfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/fast-track-fandom-where-begin-jia-zhangkeRetrieved 2020-06-05
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Part of the series: Hometown Trilogy follows: Xiao Wu · followed by: Unknown Pleasures
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1.Stated in British Film Institutebfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/fast-track-fandom-where-begin-jia-zhangkeRetrieved 2020-06-05
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Distribution format: video on demand
Review score: 80%(February 12, 2025) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 20 critic review
76/100(February 5, 2024) review score by: Metacritic · number of reviews/ratings: 7 critic review
6.7/10(October 5, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Platform”Retrieved 2021-10-05
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CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
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1.cnc.fr/professionnels/visas-et-classification/103193Retrieved 2023-02-03
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