Zhao Tao stars in Jia Zhangke's epic, lyrical "Caught by the Tides" as a woman searching for a lost lover in a defining portrait of modern China.

Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke leads his partner and muse, Zhao Tao, on a decades-long romantic odyssey in Caught By the Tides. Skip to main content Open Mega Menu ...

For the last 20 years, Zhao Tao has been the key actress in all of my films, so it was natural that she would become the center. While reviewing and discussing the footage with her, ...

21 Jul – Zhao Tao has recently been named one of the jury members of the upcoming 82nd Venice International Film Festival.

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Zhao Tao: I wanted to find specific characterization for each period and each age. For Tao in 1999, I wanted to portray her as someone who’s very pure, very naive, who only looks at the bright ...

As a crime romance dissolves over time, Jia and star Zhao Tao create another mesmerizing portrait of ever-changing China. Cohen Media Group. Robert Abele. March 14, 2019 @ 12:06 PM.

Zhang Yi and Zhao Tao in Mountains May Depart. Courtesy of Kino Lorber Chinese writer-director Jia Zhangke's films are grounded in the reality of his frigid, coal-dusted hometown, Fenyang.

Zhao Tao: I think my relationship with these two men in the film was not so explicit in the script, so my job was to flesh out all the different experiences over our lifetime together.

The moment the extraordinary actress Zhao Tao first appears in "Mountains May Depart," line dancing to the Pet Shop Boys' cover of "Go West," she and writer-director Jia Zhangke (her husband and ...