PLOT: Jia Zhangke travels with painter Liu Xiaodong from China to Thailand as they as they meet everyday workers in the throes of social turmoil. Liu Xiaodong is well-known for his monumental canvases, particularly those inspired by China’s Three Gorges Dam project. Jia Zhangke visits Liu on the banks of Fengjie, a city about to be swallowed up by the Yangtze River. The area is in the process of being “de-constructed” by armies of shirtless male workers who form the subject of Liu’s paintings. Liu and Jia next travel to Bangkok, where Liu paints Thai sex workers languishing in brothels. The two sets of paintings are united in their subjects’ shared sense of malaise in the face of the dehumanizing labor afforded them.

Dong.2006.480p.DVDRip.AC3.x264-CrsS.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 10 min
Size: 	1.16 GiB
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Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	720x466 ~> 862x466
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https://nitro.download/view/C91F46B966C0F39/Dong.2006.480p.DVDRip.AC3.x264-CrsS.mkv

Language(s):Mandarin, Thai
Subtitles:English, Chinese

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A town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. A man and woman visit the town to locate their estranged spouses, and become witness to the societal changes.

2.89GB | 1h 47m | 1024×576 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/92F218D2E777209/Sanxia.haoren.AKA.Still.Life.2006.576p.BluRay.x264.mkv

Language(s):Mandarin
Subtitles:English,Portuguese

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In China, three unemployed Shanxi laborers are looking for work. Their last hope is to be employed as performers in a surreal amusement park.

Tony Rayns wrote:
A showstopper, a funny/sad tale of three unemployed miners – their faces will be familiar to fans of Jia’s films – trying for ridiculous new jobs as bodyguards and theme-park actors.

Daniel Kasman wrote:
The Hedonists is this elegant director in comic mode, believe it or not. The 26-minute short is a wicked satire… Jia treats each firing as dryly ironic rather than tragic, and like some silent comedy the three decide to team up to apply for different jobs.

1.17GB | 25 min 52 s | 1280×694 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/27A324560376830/The.Hedonists.2016.720p.BluRay.x264.AAC2.0-pirata00.mkv

Language(s):Mandarin
Subtitles:English

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