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Walking Past the Future

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A second generation migrant with a dehumanizing factory job returns to the land her family members left behind when they went to the city for a better life.

Critics Reviews

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Jonathan Romney Screen International 05/22/2017
Uneven dramatic treatment makes for a less than entirely cogent modern tragedy. Go to Full Review Clarence Tsui The Hollywood Reporter 05/22/2017
By reducing his film to a melancholic relationship drama, Li ignores the overwhelming social malaise shaping his characters' gloomy present and future - the title of the film, after all, is about how hope and progress seem to have passed them by. Go to Full Review Maggie Lee Variety 05/22/2017
Ruijun boldly alludes to a system that's utterly indifferent to the welfare of its vast working class. However, the grueling human misery and glum tone provide almost no relief or hope for a solution. Go to Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse 12/02/2019
"Walking Past the Future" could be more impactful, considering the topics it deals with, but the approach Li Ruijun implemented stresses the entertainment aspect more, and what is where the film's value lies. Go to Full Review James Marsh South China Morning Post 06/10/2018
2/5
Walking Past the Future moves at a glacial pace, and lacks any bold, stylistic flourishes. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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02/25/2020 touching the topic and stories are so close to something that could be happenning or had happen there. saw it in china in VO and i truly enjoyed it See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Ruijun Li

Director

Zishan Yang

Yang Yaoting

Fang Yin

Xin Min

Ruijun Li

Screenwriter

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Walking Past the Future

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Movie Info

Synopsis A second generation migrant with a dehumanizing factory job returns to the land her family members left behind when they went to the city for a better life.
Director
Ruijun Li
Screenwriter
Ruijun Li
Genre
Drama
Runtime
2h 9m