
Ash Is Purest White (2019)
Cast
Liao Fan
Zhao Tao
Feng Xiaogang
Xu Zheng
Zhang Yibai
Yi'nan Diao
Zhang Yi
Dong Zijian
Ding Jiali
Director
Jia Zhangke
Screenplay
Jia Zhangke
Director of Photography
Eric Gautier
Editor
Matthieu Laclau
Music
Lim Giong
Crime, Drama, Romance
141 minutes
The English subtitles for this superb film from China leave one word untranslated: “jianghu.” It refers to outlaw sects or societies and is literally untranslatable, but for the main character of this movie it means not just “gangster” or something like it; it connotes a particular code of ethics.
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