Zhao Tao Movies

  • 2013
    A Touch of Sin

    A Touch of Sin

    A Touch of Sin

    7.22013HD

    Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.

    A Touch of Sin
  • 2024
    Caught by the Tides

    Caught by the Tides

    Caught by the Tides

    7.22024HD

    Years after her boyfriend left her for the big city and promised to bring her there after he’s settled down, a Chinese woman sets out on a...

    Caught by the Tides
  • 2018
    Ash Is Purest White

    Ash Is Purest White

    Ash Is Purest White

    6.82018HD

    Set in China's underworld, this tale of love and betrayal follows a dancer who fired a gun to protect her mobster boyfriend during a fight. On...

    Ash Is Purest White
  • 2006
    Still Life

    Still Life

    Still Life

    7.22006HD

    A town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. A man and woman visit the town to locate...

    Still Life
  • 2015
    Mountains May Depart

    Mountains May Depart

    Mountains May Depart

    6.932015HD

    The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.

    Mountains May Depart
  • 2018
    An Elephant Sitting Still

    An Elephant Sitting Still

    An Elephant Sitting Still

    7.72018HD

    In the northern Chinese city of Manzhouli, they say there is an elephant that simply sits and ignores the world. Manzhouli becomes an obsession for...

    An Elephant Sitting Still
  • 2004
    The World

    The World

    The World

    6.8532004HD

    At Beijing World Park, a bizarre cross-pollination of Las Vegas and Epcot Center where visitors can interact with famous international monuments...

    The World
  • 2011
    Shun Li and the Poet

    Shun Li and the Poet

    Shun Li and the Poet

    7.12011HD

    A study of the friendship between a Chinese woman and a fisherman who came to Italy from Yugoslavia many years ago, who live in a small city-island...

    Shun Li and the Poet
  • 2008
    24 City

    24 City

    24 City

    7.0182008HD

    As a decades-old state-run aeronautics munitions factory in downtown Chengdu, China is being torn down for the construction of the titular luxury...

    24 City
  • 2001
    Platform

    Platform

    Platform

    6.92001HD

    China's rapid changes from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, as seen through the lives of four performers in a theater troupe.

    Platform
  • 2021
    Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue

    Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue

    Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue

    72021HD

    Filmmaker Jia Zhangke chronicles his local literature festival in Shanxi, China which includes a multi-generational roster of the country's most...

    Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
  • 2010
    I Wish I Knew

    I Wish I Knew

    I Wish I Knew

    6.82010HD

    Focuses on the people, their stories and architecture spanning from the mid-1800s, when Shanghai was opened as a trading port, to the present day.

    I Wish I Knew
  • 2002
    Unknown Pleasures

    Unknown Pleasures

    Unknown Pleasures

    6.32002HD

    Two disaffected, unemployed Chinese youth drift through life on the streets of their industrial town, their paths crossing with that of a local young...

    Unknown Pleasures
  • 2008
    Cry Me a River

    Cry Me a River

    Cry Me a River

    5.82008HD

    An ancestral city; through its delicious botanical garden and its branched canals, we observe the clues and traces of its ancient culture. Two...

    Cry Me a River
  • 2008
    Useless

    Useless

    Useless

    6.42008HD

    Observations of three varied corners of China’s garment industry: workers in a large-scale production line factory; a designer who rallies...

    Useless
  • 2007
    Our Ten Years

    Our Ten Years

    Our Ten Years

    62007HD

    Throughout ten years of a key era in Chinese and Hong Kong history, a girl becomes fixated on a fellow commuter who she observes regularly. While the...

    Our Ten Years
  • 2016
    The Hedonists

    The Hedonists

    The Hedonists

    7.42016HD

    The closure of an unprofitable state-run coal mine in Shanxi, China forces three middle-aged men who worked there to search for employment elsewhere.

    The Hedonists
  • 2011
    3.11 A Sense of Home

    3.11 A Sense of Home

    3.11 A Sense of Home

    6.52011HD

    In memory of the Japanese earthquake on 3.11, each director presents a 3 minute and 11 second short film in tribute to those who were lost that day.

    3.11 A Sense of Home
  • 2006
    Walking on the Wild Side

    Walking on the Wild Side

    Walking on the Wild Side

    62006HD

    Han Jie’s feature debut draws on his own experiences growing up in a desolate mining district in northern China’s Shanxi province. A...

    Walking on the Wild Side
  • 2017
    Where Has Time Gone?

    Where Has Time Gone?

    Where Has Time Gone?

    5.52017HD

    A short film omnibus featuring the work of five directors representing five countries involved in the 2017 BRICS summit, an annual international...

    Where Has Time Gone?