The World
2004 · Movie · Not Rated · 140 min · ★ 7.0 · 77% critics
Inside a Beijing theme park filled with miniature world landmarks, a young performer and her security-guard boyfriend try to hold their relationship together amid long workdays, drifting friendships, and dreams that feel bigger than their surroundings. As temptations and misunderstandings grow, the park’s glossy fantasy contrasts with the workers’ everyday loneliness and uncertainty.
Also known as Shijie · The.World.2004
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Details
- Original title
- 世界
- Years
- 2004
- Release date
- 2004-09-01
- Language
- Chinese
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 140 min
- Critic score
- 77/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (76 votes)
About
You may like this if you’re drawn to quiet, downbeat stories about working life and modern change, with an unusual setting; Not for you if you need a tight plot, brisk pacing, or big emotional payoffs like Platform.
Pros: striking theme-park setting; haunting, moody moments; thoughtful modernization themes | Cons: slow, meandering pace; thin character depth; repetitive, bloated runtime
Cast & crew
Zhao Tao
as Tao
Cheng Taishen
as Taisheng
- JJ
Jue Jing
as Wei
Jiang Zhongwei
as Niu
Wang Hongwei
as Sanlai
Liang Jingdong
as Tao's Ex-boyfriend
- HY
Huang Yiqun
as Qun
Shuai Ji
as Erxiao
- WX
Wan Xiang
as Youyou
- AS
Alla Shcherbakova
as Anna
Directed by Jia Zhangke