The World
The World film poster
Directed by	Jia Zhangke
Produced by	Hengameh Panahi, Takio Yoshida
Written by	Jia Zhangke
Starring	Chen Taisheng, Zhao Tao
Cinematography	Yu Lik-wai
Editing by	Kong Jinglei
Distributed by	United States: Zeitgeist Films Worldwide: Celluloid Dreams
Release date(s)	Venice: September 4, 2004 Toronto: September 15, 2004 China: April 15, 2005 United States: July 1, 2005
Running time	105 min.
Language	Jin Chinese, Chinese (Mandarin)
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The World (Chinese: 世界; pinyin: Shìjiè) is a 2004 film written and directed by Jia Zhangke. The film was nominated for the "Golden Lion" at the 2004 Venice Film Festival but ultimately lost to Mike Leigh's drama Vera Drake. It was the first film by Jia to gain official approval from the Chinese government.^[1]

Main cast

• Zhao Tao – Tao
• Chen Taisheng – Taisheng
• Jing Jue – Wei
• Jiang Zhong-wei – Niu

Notable Addresses

The World featured on the cover of Israeli film magazine Maarvon on January 2005. In it filmmaker Tom Shoval writes about Jia Zhangke films.

See also

• World park

References

External links

• The World at the Internet Movie Database
• The World at Allmovie
• The World at Rotten Tomatoes
• The World at Metacritic

• The World at Box Office Mojo

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