Jia Zhangke's "24 City" Nominated to Compete for "Golden Palm"

Chinese director Jia Zhangke's "24 City" is nominated as the only Chinese movie to compete for the highest prize "Golden Palm" in the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival. The movie is to compete with 18 other movies including Clint Eastwood's "Changeling" and Steven Soderbergh's "Che" during the Festival, which will be held from May 14 to 25 in the resort town of Cannes, south France. The story tells three beautiful women's fate in the process of China's urbanization after 1958.

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