The Shaft

Year: 2008

Runtime: 98 mins

Language: Chinese

Director: Zhang Chi

Drama

In a western Chinese mining town, the film follows three members of one family in separate, interwoven narratives. The retired father, his son about to begin work in the mine, and the daughter torn between personal ambitions and an arranged marriage each embody the hopes and sacrifices of mining‑town residents, confronting the limits of their dreams and accepting their fate.

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