A Touch of Sin

Friday, May 2 - Wednesday, May 7, 2025

SHOWTIMES AT IFC CENTER

Shot through with black comedy and shocking violence, A TOUCH OF SIN is a portrait of the country’s ills, told in four interlinked stories of a miner, a migrant worker, a young job-seeker and a sauna receptionist (played by Jia’s longtime muse Zhao Tao). As ordinary people try to survive daily humiliations and fight endemic corruption, they discover a sense of powerless that threatens to explode into murderous rage.

Screening as part of Time and Tide: The Films of Jia Zhang-ke

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  • Country China, Japan, France
  • Language Mandarin and Cantonese with English subtitles, English
  • Year 2013
  • Running Time 133 minutes
  • Format DCP
  • Distributor Kino Lorber
  • Director Jia Zhang-ke
  • Cast Zhao Tao, Wu Jiang, Baoqiang Wang, Lanshan Luo, Jia-yi Zhang
  • Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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