The revered Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke (Mountains May Depart) adds this award-winning melodrama of modern China to his extraordinary body of work. Starring the formidable Zhao Tao and set in the criminal underworld, it’s a sweeping story of violence and love that explores how abstract forces shape individual lives. “Even those accustomed to seeing Zhao in Jia’s movies (the two are married and collaborate frequently) might be taken aback by the depths of her acting here. It’s the richest, most subtly complex performance she’s given to date,” says the LA Times.