Pickpocket Xiao Wu

Jia Zhangke / China / 1997 / 108 min / Mandarin Chinese

Jia Zhangke’s striking debut came quietly and announced the director’s feature theme: the fate of the little man left behind by a rapidly evolving contemporary society. Pickpocket announced one of the most important Chinese film-makers of his generation.

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