CinemaOSMovie · 1989 · 1h 5m

The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink

RomanceDocumentary

In the twilight years of the Cultural Revolution, a Chinese filmmaker slowly becoming blind tours the country screening her last film to peasants. In it, the woman imagines two "alien" lovers walking from end-to-end along the Great Wall to join each other in the middle, one last time. This documentary is an adaptation of Ulay and Marina Abramovic's final collaborative project, the 1988 performance "The Lovers: The Great Wall Walk."

Directed byMurray Grigor

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 5m
Language
EN
Released
January 1, 1989
Studios
Contemporary Art Foundation

Featuring

Cast & crew

5 credited
Starring
Marina Abramović

Marina Abramović

Herself

Ulay

Ulay

Himself

Bao Xing

Calligrapher

Sedar Chazam

Voice

Wu Xiao Ming

Voice

Creative team
Directed by
Murray Grigor
Murray Grigor
Written by
Marina Abramović
Marina Abramović
Ulay
Ulay
Produced by
Eduardo Lipschutz-Villa
Barbara Grigor

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