Chinese films in Venice

Still Life (2006)

A scene from Still Life. [Photo/Mtime]

Director: Jia Zhangke

Coal-miner Han Sanming and nurse Shen Hong travel to Fengjie, a small town on the Yangtze River, in search of their spouses. Han looks for his ex-wife, whom he separated from 16 years ago and Shen, her husband, who she left two years ago.

Still Life premiered at the 2006 Venice Film Festival where it won the festival's top prize, the Golden Lion Award.