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Still Life

2006 · 108 min

A quiet, haunting immersion into lives uprooted by change, where long takes and sparse dialogue invite contemplation of loss and resilience.

Overview: 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.

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
grief
class
family
identity
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	9
Romance	4
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Jia Zhangke
Written by: Guan Na, Jia Zhangke, Sun Jianmin
Starring: Han Sanming, Zhao Tao, Wang Hongwei, Li Zhubin, Xiang Haiyu, Zhou Lin, Ma Lizhen, Lan Zhou
Music: Lim Giong
Cinematography: Nelson Yu Lik-wai
Runtime: 108 min
Country: China
Languages: Mandarin

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