One Second

  • Drama
  • History
11/27/2020
104

Storyline

A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.

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Revenue:
$10,791,301
Budget:
$1,250,000

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  • Geronimo1967

    Zhang (Yi Zhang) manages to escape from a forced labour camp just as the Chinese cultural revolution is in full swing. His plan is to make it back to his remote home where he hopes to see a screening of a short propaganda newsreel extolling the merits of socialism that features his young daughter. The thing about these multi-reel movies, though, is that they are constantly being circulated, damaged, stopped and stolen - so actually finding it in a working condition near somewhere capable of exhibiting it is no mean feat for this increasingly malnourished and frustrated gent. Then he encounters the wandering Liu (Haocun Liu) who also requires the film - but for an entirely different, and probably more practical purpose, so whilst trying to o...

    April 16, 2025
  • Geronimo1967

    Zhang (Yi Zhang) manages to escape from a forced labour camp just as the Chinese cultural revolution is in full swing. His plan is to make it back to his remote home where he hopes to see a screening of a short propaganda newsreel extolling the merits of socialism that features his young daughter. The thing about these multi-reel movies, though, is that they are constantly being circulated, damaged, stolen and even covered in sand, so actually finding one in a working condition near somewhere capable of exhibiting it is no mean feat for this increasingly malnourished and frustrated gent. Then he encounters the wandering Liu (Haocun Liu) who also requires the film - but for an entirely different, and probably more practical purpose, so whils...

    April 16, 2025

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