Ash Is Purest White

Ash Is Purest White

  • Director: Zhangke Jia
  • Countries of origin: China, France, Japan
  • Language: Chinese, Mandarin
  • Release date: September 21, 2018
  • Sound mix: D-Cinema 48kHz 5.1
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Esa mujer
  • "Ash Is Purest White" is a crime love movie directed by Jia Zhangke , starring Zhao Tao and Liao Fan , and co-starring Xú Zhēng and Liang Jiayan . It was released in mainland China on September 21, 2018   .
    The film tells the story of Qiaoqiao and Bin's love and betrayal, separation and reunion after 17 years   .
    In April 2018, the film was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 71st Cannes International Film Festival   .

    Details

    • Release date September 21, 2018
    • Filming locations Datong, Shanxi, China
    • Production companies Arte France Cinéma, Beijing Runjin Investment, Enchant Film and Televisione Culture

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $422,814

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $45,150

    Gross worldwide

    $11,821,877

    Movie reviews

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    • By Summer 2022-12-31 14:23:25

      Jianghu: Reconstruction of Abandoned People

      Qiao Qiao - Female Prisoner

      In 2001, Qiaoqiao asked Binbin to go to Xinjiang with him. Binbin only said that the future projects in Datong will be ours. In 2017, Binbin was brought to the huge stadium construction site by Qiaoqiao. Hearing Qiaoqiao say, I am righteous and ruthless towards you.

      Qiaoqiao changed from a sister-in-law to a prisoner, an abandoned wife after being released from prison, and finally became a Qiaojie. From being dependent to being independent, she...

    • By Alejandra 2022-12-31 02:56:59

      What details do you remember in "Children of Jianghu"?

      Binbin said, "Thank you for saving me with this hand." Qiaoqiao said, "I'm not left-handed, I used my right hand that day." Some fun, some lost. The left hand is love, the right hand is righteousness. At this time, Qiaoqiao remembered righteousness, while Binbin only remembered love.

      When Qiaoqiao was driving, the ring was on the right hand, and Qiaoqiao also put love on the side of righteousness because of righteousness, but the ring was on the middle finger, and she still hoped that...

    • By Ruthie 2022-12-27 19:30:40

      What is "Children of Jianghu" talking about?

      The overall impression was not as good as expected and not as good as advertised.

      The background sounds at the beginning and end are very vibrating, like the sound of a heartbeat, but in fact, nothing major happened. This background sound reminds me of the background sound in "Gun Fire", but it is all about the development of the plot and the atmosphere. It's a little worse here.

      The dialect of the characters is very strange. The accent of Datong, Shanxi, is a bit similar to that...

    • By Cora 2022-12-26 00:52:46

      What is the background that must be understood before watching the movie "Children of Jianghu"?

      After reading it, I pondered for a long time. In fact, Brother Bin is not a pure Jianghu person at all, but more like a social person who pursued formalism in that era, and Qiaoqiao is a real Jianghu person.

      Brother Bin used to have knives and guns, horses, often worship Guan Erye, and even had the same dream as a gangster Hong Kong film. These metaphysical things are the rivers and lakes he has always adhered to. He said that "people like us will die sooner or later". The rivers and...

    • By Solon 2022-12-25 14:15:18

      Zhao Tao's love, and Jia Zhangke's rivers and lakes

      Introduction: Zhao Tao has a temperament that completely matches the changing town, vulgar or elegant, like everyone living in this "big construction site of the times", with the desire to run, but also unable to escape the gravity of dust; Jia Zhangke stands behind the camera and uses the emotional entanglement of ordinary people to present the social emotions of the era of change, and to point out the truth of life for us.

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    • By Dimitri 2023-09-25 22:37:55

      The section chief's creation has officially entered into a pattern, frame tricks, segmented years, saliva songs and dances, symbolic spectacles, and forever the number one totem: Zhao Tao. In a sense, the section chief has become a middle-aged version of Dolan, but he does not have the extremely unified and complete image breathing inside and outside of Dolan. Instead, he is pulling hard under an almost awkward and rigid structure. The section chief, who is getting closer to politics, has...

    • By Letitia 2023-08-18 09:35:08

      In general, I feel that as long as Director Jia does not touch the metropolitan life, he can produce works above the standard. This time, his experience of the times and personal complacency are intertwined, and he has maintained a delicate balance. In addition, he is still sensitive to the material of film, and some camera movements and choices are really innate. In these senses, the form and the content are once again isomorphic. Although Zhao Tao and Liao Fan do not call, but the hard...

    • By Chris 2023-08-13 05:27:23

      There are fewer and fewer children in the rivers and lakes, the rivers and lakes have been commercialized, how can the world be free, the good people in the Three Gorges become the bad ones, and the mountains and rivers are separated into old friends. Three points are destined, seven points depend on collage, the sound of the waves is still the same, how to repeat the story of yesterday, how can this old ferry ticket board the former...

    • By Christy 2023-07-09 06:06:32

      It's much better than I imagined, I almost want to give it five stars... When I watch it, I feel strongly moved... A man with a kind will go out as long as he can move... A woman with a kind, as long as he can move, he will find someone to love... In the end, that In one scene, there is love in the ruthless...

    • By Presley 2023-07-04 12:21:02

      Repetition is a high-risk action, and stacking is low-level...

    Propaganda

    On May 7, 2018, the film released the Cannes version of the international poster and two feature films; on May 11, the world premiere was held at the Cannes Film Festival   ; on May 23, the film held a press conference in Beijing, the director Jia Zhangke and the leading actors Zhao Tao, Liao Fan, Xú Zhēng, and Zhang Yibai attended the event   ; on August 6, released a set of " Quick Sand " posters   ; on August 31, released the...
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    "Ash Is Purest White" inherits Jia Zhangke's film's consistent focus on reality and the growth of ordinary people in real life and changes in circumstances. But in terms of the style of storytelling, the film pays more attention to the "glossy" and "beautiful" elements of the screen, and introduces the element of gangster movies. Previously, Jia Zhangke's films focused more on the documentary style and the downplay of the plot. The...
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    Movie quotes

    • Qiao: Volcano ash is very pure, isn't it?

      Bin: Maybe.

      Bin: Anything that burns at high temperature is made pure.

    • Man from Karamay (man on train): The bottom line is, we're all prisoners of the universe.

    • Lin Jiayan: Nice to meet you, Bin. I'm Jiayan. "House bird".

      Bin: Hello. "House bird"? You deserve a better name. It should be "forest bird".

      Lin Jiayan: Nice idea, Bin.

      Bin: A beauty like yours... shouldn't be stuck at home.