Every month, Time Out Shanghai show one of the best Chinese films of all time for free at Glam, M on The Bund, with free popcorn and drinks specials.
The Film: The Horse Thief
Dir Tian Zhuangzhuang, 1986; Drama
A near-wordless reverie of image and sound set in the Tibetan hinterlands, Tian Zhuangzhuang’s prosaic parable of a young peasant forced into ritual penitence after stealing to support his wife and child is more poetry than plot. Throwing narrative convention to the wind, Tian’s film proceeds by suggestion rather than statement, effect rather than event. The resulting feeling is as if waking from a dream, after which you can never look at the world in the same way. Martin Scorsese declared it the best film of the decade.
This month's showing is on Sunday 14 August at 4.15pm. To reserve your spot, send the word 'Film' to our official WeChat account.
