I Wish I Knew

"Shanghai, a fast-changing metropolis, a port city where people come and go. Shanghai has hosted all kinds of people – revolutionaries, capitalists, politicians, soldiers, artists, and gangsters. Shanghai has also hosted revolutions, assassinations, love stories. After the Chinese Communists' victory in 1949, thousands of Shanghaiers left for Hong Kong and Taiwan. To leave meant being separated from home for thirty years; to stay meant suffering ... More

Initial release date:

  • May 16, 2010

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 2 h 18 min

Screenplay by:

Also known as:

  • Hai shang chuan qi,
  • Shanghai Zhuan Qi,
  • I Wish I Knew: Histoires de Shanghai,
  • Shanghai Legend,
  • Memórias de Xangai,
  • Legend on the Sea

Film

Directed by

Jia Zhangke

Jia Zhangke (simplified Chinese: 贾樟柯; traditional Chinese: 賈樟柯; pinyin: Jiǎ Zhāngkē; born 1970 in Fenyang, Shanxi, China) is a Chinese film director. He is generally regarded as a leading figure of the "Sixth Generation" movement of Chinese cinema, a group that also includes such figures as Wang...

Cinematography:

Release date(s):

Film release region Release Date
  • Mar 12, 2011

Other crew:

Crewmember Film crew role

Music by:

Runtime:

Runtime Film cut Note
  • 2 h 18 min
  • 2 h 5 min
  • 2 h
  • Shanghai International Film Festival
  • 1 h 58 min
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