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The World, Shi jie, Zeitgeist Films ; Office Kitano, Xstream Pictures ; Lumen Films presents ; in association with Bandai Visual, Tokyo FM, Dentsu, TV Asahi, Bitters End, Shanghai Film Studio ; producers, Takio Yoshida, Shozo Ichiyama, Ren Zhong Lun ; director/scriptwriter [dao yan biān jù] Jia Zhangke ; a film by Jia Zhangke

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MPAA Rating: Not rated

The World

videorecording

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Zeitgeist Films ; Office Kitano, Xstream Pictures ; Lumen Films presents ; in association with Bandai Visual, Tokyo FM, Dentsu, TV Asahi, Bitters End, Shanghai Film Studio ; producers, Takio Yoshida, Shozo Ichiyama, Ren Zhong Lun ; director/scriptwriter [dao yan biān jù] Jia Zhangke ; a film by Jia Zhangke

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Shi jie

Looks at the loves, friendships and desperate dreams of the twenty-somethings from China's remote provinces who come to live and work in World Park, a sprawling Disney-like entertainment park in a Beijing suburb featuring lavish shows and scaled-down replicas of world landmarks. The film centers on a young woman dancer, Tao (Zhao Tao), whose entire universe seems to begin and end at the complex. Along with her boyfriend, security guard Taisheng (Chen Taishen), Tao yearns for a better life but can barely articulate much less envision what a life beyond this peculiarly conceived simulacrum might look like

Backstage band-aid -- Russians are coming -- Tao's ex -- Magic bus -- Paris in a Beijing suburb -- Twin towers -- Come fly with me -- Qun -- Traditional toast -- Petals on horseback -- Backache -- Let's try to be happy -- Taking flight -- Hearts afire -- Expulsion -- Little sister -- Tokyo story -- Youyou's promotion -- Ever changing world -- Only the beginning

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