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The Golden Era (film) million and lasted five months, during which shooting took place on location in Harbin, Wuhan, and Shanghai. Ann Hui would later describe the process of filming "The Golden Era" as making her “tense and nervous”, and playfully considered directing a comedy for her next film. In addition to dramatizations,"The Golden Era" incorporates fictional narration, breaking the fourth wall, and faux-documentary interviews throughout the film, an unorthodox structure that gives it elements of experimental cinema. "The Golden Era" made its world premiere on September 6, 2014 at the 71st Venice International Film Festival, where it was shown out-of-competition and selected as