Synopsis
A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.
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Cast
- Liu HaocunOrphan Liu
- Zhang YiZhang Jiusheng
- Fan WeiFan Film
- Yu AileiSecretary Cui
- Shaobo ZhangBrother Liu
- Li XiaochuanChef
- Yan LiYang He
- Cao RuiFan Film's son
- Liu YunlongSecurity
- Ziyue TangHooligan
Recommendations
- 88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Billed by the director as his tribute to cinema, One Second is affectionate and sweet – perhaps a bit too sweet, considering this premiere was much delayed after the film was held back by the Chinese government for supposed technical reasons in 2019. - 75
Slant Magazine
One Second is as much a tribute to the struggles of a man whose life has stolen from him as it is to a bygone way of looking at movies. - 75
IndieWire
No matter how muddled it gets by the end, One Second also boasts something that even Zhang’s best movies haven’t always been afforded: A delicious and deeply layered sense of irony. - 70
Film Threat
Yes, stories like this have been told before, but there’s an earnest, sweet charm to it all that really works.
