Shattered

Shattered

Shattered

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Shattered

2011

1h 45m

8.6(5 votes)

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A microcosm of China past and present flows through Xu Tong’s intimate docu “Shattered,” in which the maverick indie filmmaker continues to refine his techniques and concerns shown in his previous “Wheat Harvest” and “Fortune Teller.”

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