Platform (2000 film)

• Wang Hongwei Cui Minliang
• Zhao Tao Yin Ruijuan
• Liang Jingdong as Zhang Jun
• Yang Tianyi as Zhong Pin

Zhantai (English Platform站台Chinese, Pinyin Zhantai, platform ') is a film by Chinese director Jia Zhangke from the year 2000. Named the film is a Chinese pop song from the 80s ("A long and empty platform" Chinese长 长 的 站台, Pinyin Chángcháng de Zhantai ).

Action

The film takes place in and around Fenyang, the hometown Jia Zhangkes. The story is told of a troupe, which still lists propaganda pieces at the beginning of the film ( 1979). After the opening of the People's Republic, the Group is privatized and pulls as "Shenzhen All Star Rock ' n' Breakdance band" across the country from gig to gig.

The plot describes the complicated relationship Cui Mingliangs (Wang Hongwei ) to Yin Ruijuan ( Zhao Tao ) and the relationship between Zhang Jun ( Liang Jingdong ) and Zhong Pin ( Yang Tianyi ). But in the foreground is described later in the film, the change in China in the 80s by the changing styles of music, less by one of the performers. CineAction even see the " culture as the most visible ' performer ' of the film. "

There are also border actions that take place at the locations where the troops occurs, for example, said that Cui's cousin Sanming work in a coal mine to need to earn money.

Film style

Lange settings with little camera movement are characteristic of the film, there are few close-ups, instead, the camera remains the actors usually far away and in some scenes the actors are not even to see, but only hear the dialogues. This " on the performer is left empty and act listless and locked."

Awards

• Zhantai was nominated for the Golden Lion at the International Film Festival in Venice in 2000.
• As best film Zhantai Award at the Film Festival of Buenos Aires, on the Singapore International Film Festival was the director of the Young Cinema Award.