Watch: Official US Trailer for Jia Zhangke's 'Mountains May Depart'

Mountains May Depart

“Daddy will make you lots of dollars!” Kino Lorber has debuted a new official US trailer for veteran Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke’s latest film, titled Mountains May Depart. This film premiered at Cannes in May and played at a bunch of prestigious festivals through the year. I saw it at the New York Film Festival and was taken back by it, still impacted by the audacity of the story. Set in China and Australia, the film is a tryptich that follows a few people across three different periods of time – showing how China has devolved into a culture of materialism and how this will affect relationships and human connection in the long run. It stars Zhao Tao, Zhang Yi & Liang Jingdong. Anyone in search of bold storytelling should take a look at this. ›››

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