{"title":"Dong","originalTitle":"Dong","src":"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/M\/MV5BMTQwYzU5MmUtNGUyNS00NjllLTkyOTAtY2VmZjYzNTFjMjI4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR11,0,190,281_.jpg","srcset":"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/M\/MV5BMTQwYzU5MmUtNGUyNS00NjllLTkyOTAtY2VmZjYzNTFjMjI4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY281_CR11,0,190,281_.jpg 190w, https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/M\/MV5BMTQwYzU5MmUtNGUyNS00NjllLTkyOTAtY2VmZjYzNTFjMjI4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY422_CR16,0,285,422_.jpg 285w, https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/M\/MV5BMTQwYzU5MmUtNGUyNS00NjllLTkyOTAtY2VmZjYzNTFjMjI4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UY562_CR21,0,380,562_.jpg 380w","rate":"6","numVotes":"397","year":2006,"runtime":66,"isAdult":null,"type":null,"actors":[{"id":"8444675","name":"Xiaodong Liu","const":"nm0515041"},{"id":"8444677","name":"Sanming Han","const":"nm2385917"}],"directors":[{"id":"167753","name":"Jia Zhang-ke","const":"nm0422605"}],"writers":[{"id":"255410","name":"Jia Zhang-ke","const":"nm0422605"}],"countries":[],"languages":[{"id":"9","name":"Mandarin","short":"cmn"},{"id":"76","name":"Thai","short":"th"}],"genres":[{"id":"2","title":"Drama"},{"id":"7","title":"Documentary"}],"metacritic":null,"releaseDate":"2006\/11\/18","plot":"China\u0027s greatest living filmmaker Jia Zhangke (Platform, The World) travels with acclaimed painter Liu Xiaodong from China to Thailand as they meet everyday workers in the throes of social turmoil. Liu Xiaodong is well-known for his monumental canvases, particularly those inspired by China\u0027s Three Gorges Dam project. In DONG, Jia Zhangke visits Liu on the banks of Fengjie, a city about to be swallowed up by the Yangtze River. The area is in the process of being \u0022de-constructed\u0022 by armies of shirtless male workers who form the subject of Liu\u0027s paintings. Liu and Jia next travel to Bangkok, where Liu paints Thai sex workers languishing in brothels. The two sets of paintings are united in their subjects\u0027 shared sense of malaise in the face of the dehumanizing labor afforded them.","wins":2,"nominations":null,"casts":[{"name":"Xiaodong Liu","code":"nm0515041","characters":"Self"},{"name":"Sanming Han","code":"nm2385917","characters":"Sanming"}],"budget":null,"lifetimeGross":null,"openingWeekendGross":null,"worldwideGross":null,"keywords":[{"text":"china"},{"text":"painting"},{"text":"painter"},{"text":"sex worker"},{"text":"brothel"}],"production":[{"id":"co0188043","text":"Xstream Pictures"},{"id":"co0133428","text":"X Stream Pictures"}],"prestigiousAwardSummary":null,"moreLikeThisTitles":[{"code":"tt0859765","title":"Still Life"},{"code":"tt0423176","title":"The World"},{"code":"tt0318025","title":"Unknown Pleasures"},{"code":"tt1646103","title":"I Wish I Knew"},{"code":"tt3740778","title":"Mountains May Depart"},{"code":"tt0258885","title":"Platform"},{"code":"tt2852400","title":"A Touch of Sin"},{"code":"tt7298400","title":"Ash Is Purest White"},{"code":"tt1094286","title":"Useless"},{"code":"tt1103963","title":"24 City"},{"code":"tt0144020","title":"Pickpocket"},{"code":"tt10374360","title":"Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue"}]}