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A Touch of Sin

2013, Movie, 2h 11min

Inspired by four shocking (and true) events that forced the world’s fastest-growing economy into a period of self-examination, this daring, poetic, and grand-scale work from master director Jia Zhangke focuses on four characters, each living in different provinces in China, who are driven to violent ends. An angry miner, enraged by widespread corruption in his village, decides to take justice into his own hands. A rootless migrant discovers the infinite possibilities of owning a firearm. A young receptionist, who dates a married man and works at a local sauna, is pushed beyond her limits by an abusive client. And a young factory worker goes from one discouraging job to the next, only to face increasingly degrading circumstances.

Country: Japan,China

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Reviews

Critic A.A. Dowd

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As a series of one-act narratives...the film is intensely, consistently gripping.

Read full review at The A.V. Club

Critic Simon Crook

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...supposedly true tales of vigilantes and bandits are coldly styled and violently stylised...

Read full review at Empire

Critic Mark Kermode

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...a compelling epic about people driven to extremes by the pain of modern life...

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Jens Peterson

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...minnesvärda bilder från ett Kina i förändringarnas tid. Drabbande.

Read full review at Aftonbladet

Frequently asked questions

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In modern China, land of contrasts, four individuals from different provinces struggle to find their place in a society torn apart by violence and corruption. A disillusioned coal miner takes justice into his own hands, a migrant worker finds solace in his gun, a spa receptionist fights back against her aggressors, and a young man jumps from job to job, searching for meaning in a world that seems to have lost its way. A Touch of Sin offers a powerful and unflinching look at the dark underbelly of China's economic boom, where the pursuit of wealth and power has left behind a trail of broken lives and shattered dreams.

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A Touch of Sin is currently unavailable to stream in undefined on the streaming services we have in our catalogue

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as A Touch of Sin include Prisoners, The Dark Knight, In Bruges, The Wolf of Wall Street, Wind River, The Town.