The version shown at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival was three hours long . This was a working version that was later cut to 139 minutes with director Jiang Wen 's full participation in order to enhance the film 's commercial prospects and to tighten the storyline , which he did not have time to do before the Cannes premier
2000 Cannes Film Festival
2000 Cannes Film Festival
Devils on the Doorstep