Original name: Feng Liu Yi Dai
English name: Caught by the Tides
Year: 2024
Run time: 111 minutes
Language: Mandarin
Type (Colour/ Black & white): Colour
Country: China
Director: Jia Zhang-Ke
Producer: Casper Liang Jiayan, Shôzô Ichiyama
Cast: Zhao Tao, Li Zhubin
Screenplay: Jia Zhang-Ke, Wan Jiahuan
Cinematographer: Yu Lik-Wai, Eric Gautier
Editor: Yang Chao, Lin Xudong, Matthieu Laclau
Production Designer: Ye Qiusen, Liu Qiang, Liu Weixin, Liang Jingdong
Production Company: X Stream Pictures
World Sales: Impact Films
Jia Zhang-Ke was born in Fenyang, China and studied at Beijing Film Academy. He’s directed many films, including Xiao Wu (1998), Still Life (2006), and Festival selections including Platform (2000), Unknown Pleasures (2002), A Touch of Sin (2013), and Ash Is Purest White (2018). He’s received many awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award Carrosse d’Or at Cannes in 2015. Caught by the Tides (2024) is his latest film.
An enduring but fragile love story shared by Qiaoqiao and Bin, set in China, from the early 2000s to the present day. Caught up in each other, Qiaoqiao and Bin enjoyed all that the city had to offer, singing and dancing. Until one day, Bin finds himself wanting to try his luck in a bigger place than Datong. He left without any notice. Some time later, Qiaoqiao decides to go on a journey to look for him.