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‘Caught by the Tides,’ Jia Zhangke’s Epic Cannes Competition Film, Set for U.S. Release
‘Caught by the Tides,’ Jia Zhangke’s epic which premiered in the Cannes film festival's main competition, is acquired for U.S. release.
The film appeared in main competition in Cannes in May and is on one an extended look at the romantic destiny of his perennial heroine, Qiaoqiao (Zhao Tao) over a period of 21 years. Variety ’s reviewer Jessica Kiang, called the film: “an epic, lyrical drama that is both Chinese master Jia’s career-retrospective reinvention and a defining portrait of modern China. At Cannes, Sideshow and Janus Films also acquired Payal Kapadia’s Grand Prix Winner “All We Imagine as Light,” Gints Zilbalodis’ Un Certain Regard title “Flow” which subsequently won four prizes at the Annecy Animation Festival including the Jury Prize and audience award, Alain Guiraudie’s Cannes Premiere entry “Misericordia” and Leos Carax’s “It’s Not Me.”
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