Sideshow and Janus Movies have purchased U.S. rights for Chinese language director Jia Zhangke’s epic drama Caught By The Tides, following its buzzy world premiere in competitors at Cannes in Might.
Written by Jia and Wan Jiahuan, the movie follows a deeply transferring love story over a 23-year time span towards the backdrop of explosive development in China.
Made up of previous footage shot by Jia over the previous century in addition to some new, the movie traverses private and nationwide historical past together with all of his movies to this point.
The image is produced by Casper Liang Jiayan, Shozo Ichiyama and Zhang Dong.
Sideshow and Janus Movies, which acquired the movie from mk2 movies, will launch the movie solely in theaters within the coming months.
The businesses stated in a joint assertion: “Jia Zhang-ke is without doubt one of the twenty-first century’s most necessary filmmakers and with Caught By The Tides delivers what is going to absolutely be thought-about certainly one of his nice movies that provides us the reward of watching Zhao Tao throughout over twenty years culminating in probably the greatest scenes of their profession collectively. We’re thrilled to carry this to American audiences within the coming months.”
The movie is an X Stream Footage, Momo Footage, Huanxi Media Group Restricted (Beijing) and Wishart Media (Quanzhou) manufacturing in affiliation with mk2 Movies, Advert Vitam and Bitters Finish.