24 City

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IMDb Votes: 2,417Open on IMDb

Rated: Not Rated

Change and a city in China. In Chengdu, factory 420 is being pulled down to make way for multi-story buildings with luxury flats. Scenes of factory operations, of the workforce, and of buildings stripped bare and then razed, are inter-cut with workers who were born in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s telling their stories - about the factory, which manufactured military aircraft, and about their work and their lives. A middle-aged man visits his mentor, now elderly; a woman talks of being a 19-year-old beauty there and ending up alone. The film concludes with two young people talking, each the child of workers, each relaying a story of one visit to a factory. Times change.

Country:

ChinaHong KongJapan

Language:

MandarinShanghainese

Runtime: 112 min

Awards: 1 win & 6 nominations

Box Office: $30,800