THE TOUCH OF SIN by Jia ZhangKe
Jia ZhangKe in this A Touch of Sin creates a very pessimistic portrait of his country, staging China's merciless race towards economic development amidst corruption and alienating family and work situations, in which the lack of communication (between who has power and who doesn't, but also in ordinary human relationships) is interrupted only by explosions of violence... but where violence is also just another mechanical, conditioned gesture. A China that "seeks a gesture, a natural gesture", a search that seems increasingly distant and utopian to be achieved.
