24 City

Chinese writer and director Jia Zhang-Ke blurs the line between documentary and drama in this feature where real people and actors of different generations tell stories of sacrifice in a doomed factory that's being shut down to be replaced by luxury apartments, leaving the workers on the margin of society to fend for themselves. This timely and relevant film shows how progress is rampant in China, specially in the big cities where buildings and people have to make way for the future. Zhang-Ke is a smart filmmaker whose interest is not only to tell a relevant story but also how it's told in cinema and its limitations. He's well aware of being accused to manipulate the audience with this tale that will resonate with many people around the world; therefore he mixes real people with actors to tell everybody that they are watching a film after all, even if it's feels real. YRCinema's coverage of upcoming releases.