Still Life (15)

Director Cyfarwyddwr Zhang Ke Jia
Starring Gyda Tao Zhao, Zanming Han
China Tsieina, 2006,
1 hour awr 48 minutes munud, subtitles isdeitlau

Beautifully shot and masterfully told story of two people (a nurse looking for her husband, a coalminer looking for his wife and daughter) looking for their spouses who have been displaced by the building of the Three Gorges Dam. Against the backdrop of the devastation and destruction caused by the dam (over a million people have been displaced and their homes wiped off the map), their stories unfold in Jia's usual minimalist style in which the unspoken (the body language, the framing of the shot) is as important as the dialogue, a style which subtly catches the loss and heartbreak of displacement.

Darluniad hyfryd ac arbennig o ddau berson sy'n gorfod edrych ar ôl eu partneriaid wedi iddynt gael eu dadleoli oherwydd Argae'r Tri Cheunant. Gwelwn ddarlun manwl o fywyd gyda dinistr a distryw llwyr yn gefndir.

Winner of the Golden Lion for Best Film Venice Film
Festival 2006

Enillydd y Llew Aur am y Ffilm Orau yng Ngwyl Ffilm
Fenis 2006

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