Chinese Portrait

2018 | 79 minutes | 6.9 ★ (7)

Chinese Portrait
  • Overview

    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.

  • Release Date

    06 October 2018

  • DirectingWang Xiaoshuai
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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