Liu Haocun

An act of communal restoration lies at the heart of this tragicomic epic from Zhang Yimou, a film which shares a spiritual kinship with the nostalgic classic Cinema Paradiso. A visually ravishing tale of triumph over adversity, One Second is a bittersweet ode to the magic of the silver screen.

After his real-life fight with debt collectors goes viral, a washed-up stuntman gets a second chance with his career and estranged daughter.