Mountains May Depart

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China | 2015 | 131 minutes | Jia Zhangke

July 1 - 7, 2016

SIFF Film Center | Exclusive Presentation
Masterful Chinese director Jia Zhangke (A Touch of Sin) returns with a story that is both an intimate drama and a decades-spanning epic about a young woman who marries for money, a story which serves as a moving parable for China's embrace of materialism and the ways it has affected the bonds of family and tradition.

  • Original Language Title: Shan He Gu Ren
  • Director: Jia Zhangke
  • Principal Cast: Zhao Tao, Zhang Yi, Liang Jin Dong, Dong Zijian, Sylvia Chang
  • Country: China, Japan, France
  • Year: 2015
  • Running Time: 131 minutes
  • Language: Cantonese
  • Has Subtitles: Yes