(2 votes, average: 7.50/10)

Platform (2002)

AKA: Plataforma, Platforma, Zhantai, 站台
Country: China, France, Hong Kong, Japan
IMDB Rating: 7.4
Genres: Drama, History
Release: 2001-08-29 (France), 2001-09-04 (Venice Film Festival)
Director: Zhangke Jia
Writers: Zhangke Jia
Language: Mandarin | Shanxi
Stars: Hongwei Wang , Tao Zhao , Jing Dong Liang , Tian-yi Yang
Runtime: 154 min
Awards: 8 wins & 5 nominations.
Plot: Set in Fenyang, Shanxi Province, the film focuses on a group of amateur theatre troupe performers whose fate mirrors that of the general population in China as massive socio-economic changes sweep across the mainland. The film commences in 1979 with the troupe performing numbers idolizing Mao Zedong, ending in the '80s when the shows reflect the strong Western influences pervading China, covering a decade in which China saw tremendous changes.
IMDB:tt0258885