Synopsis
Observations of three varied corners of China’s garment industry: workers in a large-scale production line factory; a designer who rallies against the mass-machine-production of clothes and has created the eponymous hand-made collection called ‘Useless’ (Wuyong) for Paris Fashion Week; and finally the simple life of increasingly out-of-work tailors in small town Fengdang.
Useless (2008) is a 1h 24min documentary feature film by Jia Zhangke. Observations of three varied corners of China’s garment industry: workers in a large-scale production line factory;...
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Original language
Cantonese, Mandarin, English, French
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Festival History
- International Film Festival Rotterdam 2008 generic
- Indiewire Critics' Poll 2007 generic
- Venice Film Festival 2007 generic
- Village Voice Film Poll 2007 generic
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