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Movie poster: 24 City (2008)
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2008 · 108 min Drama Documentary
7.0 / 10 · TMDB

As a decades-old state-run aeronautics munitions factory in downtown Chengdu, China is being torn down for the construction of the titular luxury apartment complex, director Jia Zhangke interviews various people affiliated with it about their experiences.

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Original Title 二十四城记
Year 2008
Country China, Japan
Genre Drama, Documentary
Director Jia Zhangke
Runtime 108 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.0/10 (61 votes)

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Jia Zhangke constructs the film as a series of confessional monologues, relying on a documentary framework while blending in staged elements. He explores the mechanics of collective memory, where personal narratives merge into national biography, and quiet voices form a requiem for an entire industrial age.

What lingers after viewing is a spectral presence—as if the walls of the demolished workshops still cast a shadow on the gleaming facades of the new China. This is cinematic archaeology of a lost time. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Jia Zhangke

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