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* PlanesTrainsAndImbeciles: Dollar takes his new love interest Mia to a travel agency so they can book a flight, but the agent refers to Mia (much older than Dollar) as his mother. This leaves them feeling embarrassed, but Dollar can't find the courage to get angry at the worker.
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* PlanesTrainsAndImbeciles: Dollar Daole takes his new love interest Mia to a travel agency so they can book a flight, but the agent refers to Mia (much older than Dollar) Daole) as his mother. This leaves them feeling embarrassed, but Dollar Daole can't find the courage to get angry at the worker.
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* PlanesTrainsAndImbeciles: Dollar takes his new love interest Mia to a travel agency so they can book a flight, but the agent refers to Mia (much older than Dollar) as his mother. This leaves them feeling embarrassed, but Dollar can't find the courage to get angry at the worker.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[Music/PetshopBoys Life is peaceful there. Go West. In the open air. Go West. Where the skies are blue. Go West. This is what we're gonna do. Go West. This is what we're gonna do. Go West.]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[Music/PetshopBoys Life is peaceful there. Go West. In the open air. Go West. Where the skies are blue. Go West. This is what we're gonna do. Go West. This is what we're gonna do. Go West.]]]]
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* NouveauRiche: Jingsheng brags about his wealth, his brandnew car... He calls his son ''Daole'' (Chinese pronounciation of ''dollar''). He wants his son to go to an exclusive international school.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Jingsheng is an ambitious businessman. He starts as a gas station owner, then he buys a mine, and finally he has a successful career in finance in Shanghai. He is depicted as a bad person. He treats Liangzi, his childhood friend, with contempt and he even plans to murder him. After his divorce, he gets his son's custody and moves with him to Shanghai, so he takes him away from his mother, Tao.
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* CockFight: Liangzi and Jingsheng fight for Tao's love. Liangzi punches Jingsheng in the face at some point.
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* MissingMom: Daole is raised by his father in Shanghai and he visits his mother very rarely. Then he moves with his father to Australia and he totally looses touch with his mother.
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The film is divided into three segments. In 1999, Tao (Zhao) is courted by both Liangzi (Liang), a poor miner, and Jingsheng (Zhang), a rich gas station owner. Eventually, she marries Jingsheng and Liangzi leaves the town. In 2014, Tao is divorced from Jingsheng, who lives in Shanghai with their son Daole. Liangzi returns to his hometown because he is sick. He needs money for his treatment. Tao gives it to him. Tao's father dies and her estranged son Daole (Dong) comes back to the town for the funeral. In 2025, Daole lives with his father Jingsheng in Australia. He meets Mia (Chang), a Chinese language teacher.
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The film is divided into three segments. In 1999, Tao (Zhao) is courted by both Liangzi (Liang), a poor miner, and Jingsheng (Zhang), a rich gas station owner. Eventually, she marries Jingsheng and Liangzi leaves the town. In 2014, Tao is divorced from Jingsheng, who lives in Shanghai with their son Daole. Liangzi returns to his hometown because he is sick. He needs money for his treatment. Tao gives it to him. Tao's father dies and her estranged son Daole (Dong) comes back to the town for the funeral. In 2025, Daole (Dong) lives with his father Jingsheng in Australia. He meets Mia (Chang), a Chinese language teacher.
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* DaydreamSurprise: When she is looking for Liangzi, Tao sees a plane crashing into the mountains, but it seems this was just a dream, since this event is not refered to in the next sequences.
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* NoEnding: In the end, Mia convinces Daole to go back to China to visit his mother, but the meeting between them is not showed.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What happened to Liangzi and his wife after he received money from Tao?
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The film is divided into three parts. In 1999, Tao (Zhao) is courted by both Liangzi (Liang), a poor miner, and Jingsheng (Zhang), a rich gas station owner. Eventually, she marries Jingsheng and Liangzi leaves the town. In 2014, Tao is divorced from Jingsheng, who lives in Shanghai with their son Daole. Liangzi returns to his hometown because he is sick. He needs money for his treatment. Tao gives it to him. Tao's father dies and her estranged son Daole (Dong) comes back to the town for the funeral. In 2025, Daole lives with his father Jingsheng in Australia. He meets Mia (Chang), a Chinese language teacher.
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The film is divided into three parts.segments. In 1999, Tao (Zhao) is courted by both Liangzi (Liang), a poor miner, and Jingsheng (Zhang), a rich gas station owner. Eventually, she marries Jingsheng and Liangzi leaves the town. In 2014, Tao is divorced from Jingsheng, who lives in Shanghai with their son Daole. Liangzi returns to his hometown because he is sick. He needs money for his treatment. Tao gives it to him. Tao's father dies and her estranged son Daole (Dong) comes back to the town for the funeral. In 2025, Daole lives with his father Jingsheng in Australia. He meets Mia (Chang), a Chinese language teacher.
* DashedPlotLine: The film is divided into three segments: 1999, 2014 and 2025.
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* MeaningfulName: Daole is the Chinese pronounciation for ''dollar''. It shows the materialism of his father, Liangzi.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Jingsheng plans to murder his rival Liangzi. First, he tries to get a gun. As he cannot, he plans to use dynamite.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Jingsheng plans to murder his rival Liangzi. First, he tries to get a gun. As he cannot, he plans to use dynamite.
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* MeaningfulName: Daole is the Chinese pronounciation for ''dollar''. It shows the materialism materialistic views of his father, Liangzi.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Jingsheng plans to murder his rival Liangzi. First, he tries to get a gun. As he cannot, he plans to usedynamite.dynamite, but Tao convinces him to give up his plans.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Jingsheng plans to murder his rival Liangzi. First, he tries to get a gun. As he cannot, he plans to use
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Tao, Liangzi and Jingsheng are childhood friends. In 1999, when they are 25, both Liangzi and Jingsheng are in love with Tao. Tao finally marries Jingsheng.
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* MurderTheHypotenuse: Jingsheng plans to murder his rival Liangzi. First, he tries to get a gun. As he cannot, he plans to use dynamite.
* NewYearHasCome: The film starts with the 1999 new year's celebrations, where Tao participates in a singing contest.
* NewYearHasCome: The film starts with the 1999 new year's celebrations, where Tao participates in a singing contest.
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* FriendshipTrinket: The key that Daole always wears around his neck represents his link with his mother Tao (and with his home country, China).
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* FriendshipTrinket: The key keys that Daole always wears around his neck represents represent his link with his mother Tao (and with his home country, China).
* AnImmigrantsTale: The 2025 segment of the film is about the difficulties of Jingsheng and his son Daole to live in Australia. The difficulties come from the fact that Daole cannot speak good Mandarin Chinese and his father cannot speak good English.
* LanguageBarrier: Between Daole and his father Jingsheng. Daole cannot speak good Mandarin Chinese and his father cannot speak good English.
* LanguageBarrier: Between Daole and his father Jingsheng. Daole cannot speak good Mandarin Chinese and his father cannot speak good English.
* TactfulTranslation: Mia acts as interpreter between Daole and his father. She does not translate the most offensive words of both of them.
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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Daole is the Chinese pronounciation for ''dollar''. In Australia in 2025, a classmate notices that this name is strange and inappropriate, in particular because the US dollar is a weak currency.
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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Daole is the Chinese pronounciation for ''dollar''. In Australia in 2025, a classmate notices that this name is strange and inappropriate, in particular because the US dollar is now a weak currency.
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''Mountains May Depart'' is a 2015 Chinese drama film directed by Jia Zhangke, starring Zhao Tao, Zhang Yi, Liang Jingdong, Dong Zijian and Sylvia Chang.
The film is divided into three parts. In 1999, Tao (Zhao) is courted by both Liangzi (Liang), a poor miner, and Jingsheng (Zhang), a rich gas station owner. Eventually, she marries Jingsheng and Liangzi leaves the town. In 2014, Tao is divorced from Jingsheng, who lives in Shanghai with their son Daole. Liangzi returns to his hometown because he is sick. He needs money for his treatment. Tao gives it to him. Tao's father dies and her estranged son Daole (Dong) comes back to the town for the funeral. In 2025, Daole lives with his father Jingsheng in Australia. He meets Mia (Chang), a Chinese language teacher.
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!!''Mountains May Depart'' provides examples of:
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The last sequence of the film is set in 2025. It is not much different from 2015, but there are some new technologies, like transparent tablets.
* BookEnds: In the opening scene, Tao dances to "Go West" by Music/PetshopBoys. In the end, she does the same.
* FriendshipTrinket: The key that Daole always wears around his neck represents his link with his mother Tao (and with his home country, China).
* GunNut: Liangzi is one. He says that he moved from China to Australia because it is possible to own guns in Australia. There are several guns on his living room table.
* MayDecemberRomance: Daole, who is a young adult, develops a romantic relationship with Mia, who is much older than him. A travel agency employee assumes that she is his mother.
* MeaningfulName: Daole is the Chinese pronounciation for ''dollar''. It shows the materialism of his father, Liangzi.
* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Tao has two suitors: the poor Liangzi, a miner, and the rich Jingsheng, a gas station owner.
* TeacherStudentRomance: Daole develops a romantic relationship with Mia, his Chinese language teacher.
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Daole is the Chinese pronounciation for ''dollar''. In Australia in 2025, a classmate notices that this name is strange and inappropriate, in particular because the US dollar is a weak currency.
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The film is divided into three parts. In 1999, Tao (Zhao) is courted by both Liangzi (Liang), a poor miner, and Jingsheng (Zhang), a rich gas station owner. Eventually, she marries Jingsheng and Liangzi leaves the town. In 2014, Tao is divorced from Jingsheng, who lives in Shanghai with their son Daole. Liangzi returns to his hometown because he is sick. He needs money for his treatment. Tao gives it to him. Tao's father dies and her estranged son Daole (Dong) comes back to the town for the funeral. In 2025, Daole lives with his father Jingsheng in Australia. He meets Mia (Chang), a Chinese language teacher.
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!!''Mountains May Depart'' provides examples of:
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The last sequence of the film is set in 2025. It is not much different from 2015, but there are some new technologies, like transparent tablets.
* BookEnds: In the opening scene, Tao dances to "Go West" by Music/PetshopBoys. In the end, she does the same.
* FriendshipTrinket: The key that Daole always wears around his neck represents his link with his mother Tao (and with his home country, China).
* GunNut: Liangzi is one. He says that he moved from China to Australia because it is possible to own guns in Australia. There are several guns on his living room table.
* MayDecemberRomance: Daole, who is a young adult, develops a romantic relationship with Mia, who is much older than him. A travel agency employee assumes that she is his mother.
* MeaningfulName: Daole is the Chinese pronounciation for ''dollar''. It shows the materialism of his father, Liangzi.
* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Tao has two suitors: the poor Liangzi, a miner, and the rich Jingsheng, a gas station owner.
* TeacherStudentRomance: Daole develops a romantic relationship with Mia, his Chinese language teacher.
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Daole is the Chinese pronounciation for ''dollar''. In Australia in 2025, a classmate notices that this name is strange and inappropriate, in particular because the US dollar is a weak currency.
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