Shortfilms
Yingsheng
The Hedonists
Jia Zhangke
Hongkong, China 2016
26 min
V'16
THE HEDONISTS, filmed in Jia Zhangkes hometown, Fenyang, Shanxi, is an engaging drama about several unemployed Shanxi coalminers looking for work. Jia: “The Chinese title of the film is in my hometown dialect and refers to the ways in which people occupy themselves in life. I have always liked this term as it contains the meaning of ‘running’, ‘working’ and ‘carrying on’.”
Credits
- Liang Jingdong
- Han Sanming
- Yuan Wenqian
- Jia Zhangke
- Zhao Tao
- Yu Likwai
- Zhang Yang
- Guo Weisong
- Matthieu Laclau
- Zhang Yang
- Ye Qiusen Liu Qiang
HKIFF, Heyi Pictures
Hong Kong International Film Festival Society
DCP
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