“Jia Zhangke weaves a shimmering new tapestry from threads of his previous films. An epic, lyrical drama that is both Chinese master Jia’s career-retrospective reinvention and a defining portrait of modern China. . . . A masterfully poetic and pioneering fusion of the old and the new. The most definitive national portrait that Jia, modern China’s foremost cinematic chronicler, has ever delivered. A powerfully coherent portrait of a single woman, Qiao Qiao (Zhao Tao), from youth to middle age” (Jessica Kiang, Variety).