Plots(1)
China during the Cultural Revolution. In the midst of a lonely desert landscape, two people appear like dots on the horizon. The prisoner and the orphan girl do not yet know each other, but their paths will soon cross. He has escaped from a labour camp, risking being handed down an even longer sentence, and is undertaking an exhausting trek in the heat because he absolutely must see a particular newsreel. But of all things, this is exactly the film roll that the girl steals. While the villagers wait impatiently for the screening to begin and the fugitive feverishly awaits the one second in the film that counts for him, the silver film can is passed from hand to hand. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Yi Zhang
China
Best movies:
Beginning of the Great Revival (2011)
One Second (2020)
The 800 (2020)
Wei Fan
China
Best movies:
City of Life and Death (2009)
The Road (2006)
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Ailei Yu
China
Best movies:
Mountain Cry (2015)
One Second (2020)
The 800 (2020)
Haocun Liu
China
Best movies:
One Second (2020)
Ride On (2023)
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Yang Yu
China
Best movies:
One Second (2020)
Yan Li
China
Best movies:
One Second (2020)
Crazy Tsunami (2021)
Rui Cao
China
Best movies:
One Second (2020)
Cliff Walkers (2021)