Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue (2020)

Original title

一直游到海水变蓝

Directed by

Jia Zhangke

Genre

documentary film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

12

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three Chinese authors gather at a literary festival in a rural hometown. They talk about their lives, their work, and the changing landscape around them.

contemplativeearthyreflectiveslow-pacedintimateconversationalgrounded

What happens

Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue (simplified Chinese: 一直游到海水变蓝, pinyin: Yī zhí yóu dào hǎi shuǐ biàn lán) is a 2020 documentary film by Jia Zhangke about three authors attending a literary festival in his hometown in Shanxi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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