One Second
A mere second at its shortest, a whole lifetime at its longest.
A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.
- Director
- Zhang Yimou
- Worldwide
- $11M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
One Second returned 8.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $1M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $11M
- Release date
- Nov 27, 2020
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- Mandarin
- Country
- China, Hong Kong
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