A "brilliant exploration of violence and corruption in contemporary
China" (Jon Frosch, The Atlantic), A TOUCH OF SIN was inspired by four
shocking (and true) events that forced the world's fastest growing
economy into a period of self-examination. Written and directed by
master filmmaker Jia Zhangke (The World, Still Life), "one of the best
and most important directors in the world" (Richard Brody, The New
Yorker), this daring, poetic and grand-scale film focuses on four
characters, each living
in different provinces,
who are driven to violent ends.
An angry miner, enraged by widespread
corruption in his village, decides to take justice into his own hands. A
rootless migrant discovers the infinite possibilities of owning a
firearm. A young receptionist, who dates a married man and works at a
local sauna, is pushed beyond her limits by an abusive client. And a
young factory worker goes from one discouraging job to the next, only to
face increasingly degrading circumstances.
