CinemaOSMovie · 2018 · 1h 19m

Chinese Portrait

69%(7)IMDbDocumentary

Shot over the course of ten years on both film and video, the film consists of a series of carefully composed tableaux of people and environments. Pedestrians shuffle across a bustling Beijing street, steelworkers linger outside a deserted factory, tourists laugh and scamper across a crowded beach, worshippers kneel to pray in a remote village. With a painterly eye for composition, Wang captures China as he sees it, calling to a temporary halt a land in a constant state of change.

Directed byWang Xiaoshuai

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 19m
Language
ZH
Released
October 6, 2018
Studios
WXS ProductionsDongchun Films (Beijing) Co.Chinese Shadows

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Directed by
Wang Xiaoshuai
Wang Xiaoshuai
Produced by
Isabelle Glachant
Isabelle Glachant
Liu Xuan

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