One Second (film)

One Second
Film poster
Directed byZhang Yimou
Written byZhang Yimou
Based onOne Second
by Geling Yan
Produced byPing Dong
William Kong
Liwei Pang
Shaokun Xiang
StarringZhang Yi
Liu Haocun
CinematographyZhao Xiaoding
Edited byYuan Du
Music byLoudboy
Production
companies
Huanxi Media Group
Edko Films
Release date
  • 27 November 2020 (2020-11-27)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
Box officeUS$20.3 million[1]

One Second (Chinese: 一秒钟) is a 2020 Chinese drama film directed by Zhang Yimou, about a man who escapes from a farm-prison during the Cultural Revolution.[2] The film is based on the novel The Criminal Lu Yanshi, by author Geling Yan. Yan is not credited in the film, which has led to controversy.[3]

  1. ^ "Yi miao zhong (2020) - Financial Information".
  2. ^ Wang Zhicheng. "Zhang Yimou film on the Cultural Revolution withdrawn (by Beijing) from Berlin Film Festival". Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  3. ^ Ives, Mike (23 July 2022). "A Novelist Says a Movie Fails to Credit Her. The Film World Shrugs". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 July 2022.