Heidi in China

2020 | 82 minutes | 8.0 ★ (1)

Heidi in China
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    In 1946, Heidi is entrusted to a Swiss family by her father. He will never come back for her. Today, François Yang questions his mother about her past. What follows is a journey to China, a quest to reconstruct memory. Through contact with her brothers and sister, Heidi measures the extent of the drama experienced by her family that remained in China, persecuted by the Communist Party.

  • Release Date

    21 April 2020

  • DirectingFrançois Yang
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