Author: Zhao Tao

Brand: The Criterion Collection

Features:

• Criterion Collection

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 20-01-2026

Details: In this visionary chronicle of China’s turbulent new century, acclaimed director Jia Zhangke embarks on a kaleidoscopic odyssey across time and space, incorporating footage captured for his previous films into an entirely original, captivating epic. Drawing on a twenty-three-year collaboration between Jia and actors Zhao Tao and Li Zhubin, Caught by the Tides casts them as a pair of estranged lovers, tracking these characters across an increasingly alien China as they age in real time, from the dawn of the millennium to the COVID-19 era. Observing the future-shock developments transforming his country, Jia constructs a sensorially immersive, emotionally profound portrait of both a world in flux and two people navigating its uncertain currents. INCLUDES • Meet the Filmmakers: Jia Zhangke, a Criterion Channel original interview • Trailer • Notes by film critic Carlos Aguilar

UPC: 715515327916

EAN: 0715515327916

Languages: Mandarin Chinese

Binding: Blu-ray

Item Condition: New