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Movie Info

A frustrated filmmaker visits his successful wife on the set of her latest movie before setting out on a trip through the mountains to find inspiration for his next film.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

Chinese
Director:

Ming Zhang
Producer:

Shen Yang
Writer:

Yuxi Gong, Ming Zhang
Runtime:

1h 50m

Cast & Crew

Jiawen Li

Xinran Li

Dan Liu
Ding Hongmin

Miya Muqi
Gao Li

Hailu Qin

Xuebing Wang
Wang Zhun

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Critic Reviews for The Pluto Moment

All Critics (6) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (6)

Pluto Moment offers substantial drama and gripping images aplenty.

May 23, 2018 | Full Review…

Clarence Tsui
Hollywood Reporter
This deceptively simple yet quietly revelatory drama features engaging characters and offers wryly ironic comments on the unpredictable nature of film production.

May 23, 2018 | Full Review…

Maggie Lee
Variety
A leisurely paced, sometimes enigmatic pleasure which will appeal to those who like their art cinema intelligent and slow-burning.

May 17, 2018 | Full Review…

Jonathan Romney
Screen International
"The Pluto Moment" follows most of the "rules" of the Chinese indie, but has enough context and artistry to stand out from the plethora of similar productions.

September 27, 2020 | Full Review…

Panos Kotzathanasis
Asian Movie Pulse
Quest...for authentic funeral experience...with nocturnal song...Urbanites ruefully discover that Chinese pop culture is reaching ever farther into the hinterland.

February 2, 2019 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…

Nora Lee Mandel
Maven's Nest
[The film has] moments of great beauty for a film that does not always reach the same height, but when it does it becomes one of the most interesting proposals of the [Cannes] Fortnight. [Full review in Spanish]

May 17, 2018 | Full Review…

Juanma Ruiz
Caimán Cuadernos de Cine