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24 City Reviews

2008

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"24 City" tells the story of three women's lives in the process of China's urbanisation in 1958. Read more

Starring	Joan Chen, Tao Zhao, Liping Lu
Director	Jia Zhangke
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- Slyly mixing elements of drama with documentary in a similar fashion to his previous Still Life, Jia applies a poetic,... read more on Time Out
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- - Dave Calhoun
  - Time Out
  - 19 Feb 2009 at 02:39
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  Worthy but becomes boring
  
  I am loath to be critical of this film as it depicts such worthy and hard-working people telling their stories. It's more a documentary than a film as it ... read more »
  
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  - Innerleithen
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  China life
  
  This was a fascinating insight into current life in China, covering three generations, contemporaneous with my own experience. Well worth persisting with, and a... read more »
  
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  - tzec
  - 29 reviews
  - 12 Nov 2011 at 11:49
- - 3
  - 1
  Worthy but becomes boring
  
  I am loath to be critical of this film as it depicts such worthy and hard-working people telling their stories. It's more a documentary than a film as it ... read more »
  
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  - Innerleithen
  - 23 Feb 2011 at 09:39
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  lasting effect and great subtlety
  
  I must profess an interest in this film which might skew my review as I lived in Chengdu for a while and this film is set in that city although there are very ... read more »
  
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- - andyhol
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  - Exeter
  - 27 Nov 2010 at 17:07
- - 2
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  Quiet beauty
  
  24 City is a subtle, beautiful and moving document of the rapid development behind China's rise. Personal stories, both real and fictionalized, are layered ... read more »
  
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  - 18 Oct 2010 at 13:56
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- - 3
  - 1
  Worthy but becomes boring
  
  I am loath to be critical of this film as it depicts such worthy and hard-working people telling their stories. It's more a documentary than a film as it ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 967006
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - Innerleithen
  - 23 Feb 2011 at 09:39
- - 2
  - 0
  Quiet beauty
  
  24 City is a subtle, beautiful and moving document of the rapid development behind China's rise. Personal stories, both real and fictionalized, are layered ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 932710
- - a customer
  - Shoreditch, London
  - 18 Oct 2010 at 13:56
- - 2
  - 0
  lasting effect and great subtlety
  
  I must profess an interest in this film which might skew my review as I lived in Chengdu for a while and this film is set in that city although there are very ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 942874
- - andyhol
  - 31 reviews
  - Exeter
  - 27 Nov 2010 at 17:07
- - 0
  - 0
  China life
  
  This was a fascinating insight into current life in China, covering three generations, contemporaneous with my own experience. Well worth persisting with, and a... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1061793
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - tzec
  - 29 reviews
  - 12 Nov 2011 at 11:49

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