Xiao Wu - Jia Zhangke (Hong Kong/China, 1997, 1h 48m)

“Jia Zhangke — in his first feature film — displays an incisive mastery of political symbolism. Jia’s estranged yet fierce x‑ray of the ills of modern China evokes a calm, intimate compassion for its struggling survivors.”
—The New Yorker
A 16mm production featuring nonprofessional actors shot without state approval, Jia Zhangke’s breakout follows a disillusioned pickpocket who finds himself empty‑handed in the new market economy. But as a romance blossoms between him and a sex worker, he begins to wonder: does love hold more value than money?

-- Write-up by the Austin Film Society

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