: A nameless prisoner (played by Zhang Yi ) escapes from a labor camp to track down a specific newsreel that supposedly contains a fleeting, one-second glimpse of his estranged daughter.

: The two eventually reach a village where they meet Fan Dianying (known as "Mr. Movie"), a self-important yet complex projectionist who holds ultimate power over the town’s only form of entertainment. Why This Film is Notable One Second (2020)

"One Second" is widely described by critics and the director himself as a . Set during the height of the Cultural Revolution in mid-1970s rural China, it tells a poignant story about the desperation for connection through moving images.

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