I Wish I Knew

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Synopsis: Shanghais past and present flow together in Jia Zhangkes (A Touch of Sin, Mountains May Depart) poetic and poignant I Wish I Knew, a portrait of this fast-changing port city. Restoring censored images and filling in forgotten facts, Jia provides an alternative version of 20th-century Chinas fraught history as reflected through life in the Yangtze city. He builds his narrative through a series of eighteen interviews with people from all walks of lifepoliticians children, exsoldiers, criminals, and artists (including the masterful Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien)while returning regularly to the image of his favorite lead actress, Zhao Tao (Ash Is Purest White), wandering through the Shanghai World Expo Park.

Directed By:	Jia Zhangke	Genre:	Documentary / Foreign / Special Interest
Cast:	Zhao Tao	Year of Production:	2010

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Disc(s) for this Movie:

I Wish I Knew (DVD, Not Rated)

Region: 1
Released: Apr-28-2020
Run Time: 119 minutes

I Wish I Knew [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray Disc, Not Rated)

Region: A (Blu-ray)
Released: Apr-28-2020
Run Time: 119 minutes

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