Useless

Year: 2007

Runtime: 84 mins

Language: Chinese

Director: Jia Zhangke

Documentary

The film surveys three facets of China’s clothing industry: the daily grind of workers on a massive production‑line factory; a designer who opposes mass‑machine manufacturing and has created a hand‑sewn collection called ‘Useless’ (Wuyong) for Paris Fashion Week; and the precarious lives of out‑of‑work tailors in the small town of Fengdang.

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