Caught by the Tides (A Touch of Jia Zhang-ke)

Caught by the Tides.

Feng liu yi dai. Chine 2024 | Jia Zhang-ke | vostEN | 111’ | digital | Cast : Zhao Tao, Zhubin Li ► Official Competition, Cannes 2024

An enduring but fragile love story shared by Qiao Qiao and Guao Bin. One day, a restless Guao Bin leaves without any notice to try his luck in another province. Qiao Qiao decides to go looking for him.

« Re-shuffling footage from films he has shot over the last 23 years, Jia Zhang-ke places his awe-inspiring cinematic mastery on full display in Tides. » (The Film Verdict)

« Jia’s risky experiment is so uncannily successful that it is possible to come away from Tides with the whimsical impression that this was the film he was building toward all this time, as though all those lauded previous movies were simply him amassing the raw material for this one. » (Variety)