Hong Kong Dong is a Hong Kong–China co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
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Jia Zhangke travels with painter Liu Xiaodong from China to Thailand as they as they meet everyday workers in the throes of social turmoil. Liu Xiaodong is well-known for his monumental canvases, particularly those inspired by China's Three Gorges Dam project. Jia Zhangke visits Liu on the banks of Fengjie, a city about to be swallowed up by the Yangtze River. The area is in the process of being "de-constructed" by armies of shirtless male workers who form the subject of Liu's paintings. Liu and Jia next travel to Bangkok, where Liu paints Thai sex workers languishing in brothels. The two sets of paintings are united in their subjects' shared sense of malaise in the face of the dehumanizing labor afforded them.
Hong Kong × China Co-Production
Other Hong Kong×China titles
The 2005–2007 Hong Kong Window
Dong holds position #25 of 41 Hong Kong films in the 2005–2007 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Hong Kong, 146 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Dong premiered alongside 12 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 12 other Hong Kong films in 2006.
The 600th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Audience Engagement
11 audience reviews — more than 13% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 0th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #502 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (40th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Hong Kong Documentary productions specifically: #12 of 14 (top 86%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Hong Kong, China |
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Runtime | 1h 5m |
| Release Date | November 18, 2006 |
| IMDb | tt0855784 |