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Gone with the Bullets theatrical poster
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Directed by | Jiang Wen |
Produced by | Ma Ke |
Written by | Jiang Wen Guo Junli Wang Shuo Liao Yimei Shu Ping Yan Yunfei Sun Yu Sun Rui Yu Yanlin |
Starring | Jiang Wen Ge You Zhou Yun Shu Qi |
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140 minutes |
Country | China |
Language | Mandarin |
Budget | 300 million yuan (US$48.8 million) |
Box office | US$83.33 million |
Gone with the Bullets (Chinese: 一步之遥) is a 2014 Chinese film directed by Jiang Wen and also starring Jiang Wen, Ge You, Zhou Yun and Shu Qi. Production started on location in Beijing at the China Film Group studio in Huairou on October 2, 2013. Production wrapped before the Chinese New Year holiday. The film was released on December 18, 2014. It was screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.
The film was named 2014's "smokiest movie" by an anti-smoking group in China, featuring 45 smoking scenes in all, equivalent to someone smoking every 3.1 minutes.
The film is set in 1920s Shanghai, surrounding a beauty pageant.
By January 9, 2015, the film had earned ¥511.14 million at the Chinese box office.