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Reviews Counted:10

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Average Rating:7.6/10

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Runtime: 2 hrs 30 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Mar 14, 2003 Limited

Synopsis: Examining the transition in 1980s China away from Maoism and socialism and towards commercialism, Westernization, and popular culture, PLATFORM comes from director Jia Zhang Ke. The film follows a... Examining the transition in 1980s China away from Maoism and socialism and towards commercialism, Westernization, and popular culture, PLATFORM comes from director Jia Zhang Ke. The film follows a group of performing artists who change with the cultural and political changes in China, becoming less and less humble and more and more like Western rock stars. A film that creatively depicts an important chapter in Chinese history, PLATFORM has been compared to BOOGIE NIGHTS and BYE BYE BRAZIL. [More]

Starring: Hong Wei Wang, Jing dong Liang, Tiang Yi Yang, Tao Zhao

Starring: Hong Wei Wang, Jing dong Liang, Tiang Yi Yang, Tao Zhao

Director: Zhang Ke Jia

Director: Zhang Ke Jia
Screenwriter: Zhang Ke Jia
Producer: Kit Ming Li, Shozo Ichiyama
Composer: Yoshihiro Hanno
Studio: Empire Pictures

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