2018 · drama · crime · romance
Ash Is Purest White
Directed by Jia Zhangke2h 16m2018
Set in China's underworld, this tale of love and betrayal follows a dancer who fired a gun to protect her mobster boyfriend during a fight. On release from prison 5 years later, she sets out to find him.
Our read: Ash Is Purest White (2018) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · crime · romance entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- intense
- signature
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