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Ash Is Purest White

In an industrial city in China, a young dancer named Qiao falls in love with a mobster named Bin. When a fight breaks out between rival gangs, Qiao uses a gun to protect Bin and is sent to prison for five years.

Director

Jia Zhang-ke

Year

Genre

crime, drama, romance

Box Office

$422,814

Production

N/A

Awards

25 wins & 56 nominations total

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Even if I wanted to go back, - Ash Is Purest White

Even if I wanted to go back,

About success and failure in life. - Ash Is Purest White

About success and failure in life.

Don't bother,
Lin Jiayan already told me. - Ash Is Purest White

Don't bother, Lin Jiayan already told me.

Let's jump over a flame, - Ash Is Purest White

Let's jump over a flame,

I often regret - Ash Is Purest White

We couldn't commit? - Ash Is Purest White

We couldn't commit?

It couldn't be helped - Ash Is Purest White

It couldn't be helped

As I come back after
I realized my feelings - Ash Is Purest White

As I come back after I realized my feelings

After the love fades - Ash Is Purest White

After the love fades

- Sir, where are you headed?
- Wuhan. - Ash Is Purest White

- Sir, where are you headed? - Wuhan.

I'm transferring in Wuhan
then heading for the border. - Ash Is Purest White

I'm transferring in Wuhan then heading for the border.

And I can do my research on the train. - Ash Is Purest White

And I can do my research on the train.

- In Wuhan I'll transfer to Datong.
- Datong? Shanxi? - Ash Is Purest White

- In Wuhan I'll transfer to Datong. - Datong? Shanxi?

It's hard for cities
that depend on those old industries. - Ash Is Purest White

It's hard for cities that depend on those old industrie...

Forgive my rudeness,
but how much do you earn there? - Ash Is Purest White

Forgive my rudeness, but how much do you earn there?

People are moving out to look for work,
there's no use looking there. - Ash Is Purest White

People are moving out to look for work, there's no use ...

Sir, what research are you doing? - Ash Is Purest White

Sir, what research are you doing?

I need
to take the slow train to Xinjiang. - Ash Is Purest White

I need to take the slow train to Xinjiang.

The government is spending billions
on developing Xinjiang tourism. - Ash Is Purest White

The government is spending billions on developing Xinjiang t...

It's like Shenzhen during the early years
of the great reform. - Ash Is Purest White

It's like Shenzhen during the early years of the great ...

I'm designing a tourism project
for the region. - Ash Is Purest White

I'm designing a tourism project for the region.

Back in the 1950s, - Ash Is Purest White

Back in the 1950s,

There are many UFO sightings
in Xinjiang. - Ash Is Purest White

There are many UFO sightings in Xinjiang.

My team has already figured out
their movements. - Ash Is Purest White

My team has already figured out their movements.

So our project
is to take people UFO-hunting! - Ash Is Purest White

So our project is to take people UFO-hunting!

You absolutely must join us.
It makes perfect sense. - Ash Is Purest White

You absolutely must join us. It makes perfect sense.

You're the proof
that alien cultures are among us. - Ash Is Purest White

You're the proof that alien cultures are among us.

We don't care about diplomas.
You'd fit right in. - Ash Is Purest White

We don't care about diplomas. You'd fit right in.

Is it a private enterprise
or state-owned? - Ash Is Purest White

Is it a private enterprise or state-owned?

All you need in this business
is a sense of the cosmos. - Ash Is Purest White

All you need in this business is a sense of the cosmos.

The bottom line is we're all prisoners of the universe - Ash Is Purest White

The bottom line is we're all prisoners of the universe

Ladies and gentlemen,
No. 4931, the express train - Ash Is Purest White

Ladies and gentlemen, No. 4931, the express train

- Where's the Advisor?
- He's doing okay, runs a pawn shop. - Ash Is Purest White

- Where's the Advisor? - He's doing okay, runs a p...

He's okay too.
He runs a casino in Macau. - Ash Is Purest White

He's okay too. He runs a casino in Macau.

All these years,
why didn't you go into business yourself? - Ash Is Purest White

All these years, why didn't you go into business yourse...

I don't deserve this! Get out! - Ash Is Purest White

I don't deserve this! Get out!

What's wrong with you?
Why didn't you tell us Bin is back? - Ash Is Purest White

What's wrong with you? Why didn't you tell us Bin ...

But I can't diagnose him
without seeing him. - Ash Is Purest White

But I can't diagnose him without seeing him.

Doctor, - Ash Is Purest White

There's no quick way, it will take time. - Ash Is Purest White

There's no quick way, it will take time.

I see patients here
on Tuesdays and Thursdays. - Ash Is Purest White

I see patients here on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The rest of the week,
I'm in my clinic in Wuzi. - Ash Is Purest White

The rest of the week, I'm in my clinic in Wuzi.

We practice Chinese and Western medicine.
We're also very discreet. - Ash Is Purest White

We practice Chinese and Western medicine. We're also ve...

How d'you like your new car?
Still going around in a Toyota Crown? - Ash Is Purest White

How d'you like your new car? Still going around in a To...

Jia, if you lose, - Ash Is Purest White

Jia, if you lose,

The great general Han Xin
was humiliated before he grew strong! - Ash Is Purest White

The great general Han Xin was humiliated before he grew stro...

It's never too late
to get your own back! - Ash Is Purest White

It's never too late to get your own back!

Qiao, that has just made things worse. - Ash Is Purest White

Qiao, that has just made things worse.

You're the only one in Datong
who wouldn't laugh at me. - Ash Is Purest White

You're the only one in Datong who wouldn't laugh a...

Hello everyone, I hope you're all well. - Ash Is Purest White

Hello everyone, I hope you're all well.

Today is January 1st, 2018, a Monday. - Ash Is Purest White

Today is January 1st, 2018, a Monday.

I've left - Ash Is Purest White

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In an industrial city in China, a young dancer named Qiao falls in love with a mobster named Bin. When a fight breaks out between rival gangs, Qiao uses a gun to protect Bin and is sent to prison for five years.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Jia Zhang-ke

Writer: Jia Zhang-ke

Production: N/A

Genre: crime, drama, romance

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 85/100

ImdbRating: 7.0

BoxOffice: $422,814

Released: 21 Sep 2018

Awards: 25 wins & 56 nominations total

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