“Caught by the tides” , interview with director Jia Zhang-Ke
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"Caught by the tides" by Jia Zhang-Ke marks the director’s comeback in the Cannes’ competition
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After six years from “Ash Is Purest White“, screening in competition at the 71st Cannes Film Festival, Chinese director Jia Zhang-Ke is back competing for the Palme d’Or with “Caught by the tides” at Cannes 77.
The film captures two decades in Chinese city of Datong thanks to some early footage the director shot in 2001, blended with scenes shot in 2023.
“Caught by the tides” tells the story of Qiaoqiao (Zhao Tao), a native of the city of Datong who embarks on a journey across the country only to achieve the final closure with soon to be ex boyfriend, Brother Bin.
To quote Jia Zhang-Ke’s words in his director notes: “I gave the generation shown in the film a name when I chose the Chinese title: the literal meaning of Fengliu Yidai might be “A Drifting Generation”, but the term Fengliu (literally, “Wind and Waves”) has a strong romantic connotation. The camera has captured things we thought we’d forgotten, but they are the things which made us what we are today.”
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