UNIFORM (2003)
A film by Yinan Diao
The directorial debut of Yinan Diao (writer of the acclaimed comedy
drama Shower), Uniform is a taut thriller that exposes the corrupting
influence of poverty in contemporary China.
With the local factory closed and his ailing father unemployed,
street tailor Xiao Jian finds himself unable to pay his family’s bills.
When a laundered police-officer’s shirt remains uncollected he
decides to play the role of cop, with unexpected results. Extorting
payments from drivers who break minor traffic laws, attracting the
attention of a young woman who works in a CD store and suddenly
becoming visible to the world at large, Xiao Jian also discovers the
terrible cost of leading such a precarious double life.
One of the defining films of the Chinese Sixth Generation, Uniform
deftly balances social comment with an intimate character study of
a man desperate enough to risk everything in order to escape the
life in which he is trapped.
“deceptively simple… filled with sly humour”
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK
“An edge of wry humour… Diao has a
TIME OUT
“Expertly, sensitively
SENSES OF CINEMA
fine, surrealist eye for visual incongruities”
directed”
“beautifully observed… great performances”
LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
“poignant, minimalist work, whose pristine video images lodge a passionate protest against
social dissolution in modern China… intoxicating…
PHILADELPHIA CITY PAPER
a triumph.”
WINNER - AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL DOEN AWARD - Rotterdam Film Festival
WINNER - YOUNG CINEMA AWARD - Vancouver Film Festival
Bonus Features:
Interview with director Yinan Diao
Exclusive limited edition collector’s booklet
Certificate: 12
Running Time: 92 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 anamorphic
Audio: Dolby Stereo
Country: China
Language: Mandarin with optional English subtitles
Genre: Drama
Region: 0
Cat. No: AXM567
Barcode: 5060126870173