Posted by marci.l.angevine@Vanderbilt.Edu on Thursday, September 11, 2014 in Activities Everyone.

Presented by: Lutz Koepnick, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of German and Cinema & Media Arts; and Nick Kline, A & S Class of 2016.

China (2013) Dir: Zhangke Jia. This daring and poetic film focuses on four characters, each living in different provinces of present-day China, who are driven to violent ends. Based loosely on true stories, the film won the best screenplay award at the Cannes Film Festival. Mandarin, Cantonese, and English with English subtitles. DVD. 133 minutes. Funding provided by the Program in Cinema & Media Arts.