Chinese Portrait

by Xiaoshuai Wang, China, 2018
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CHINESE PORTRAIT investigates the current state of China, taking the audience on a journey to discover the complexity of the country through the path of one family. The film is entirely composed of fixed long shots and is narrated from the personal point of view of established Chinese director WANG Xiaoshuai. Tracing his ancestors’ movements both on his father and mother’s sides, Wang tracks the history of an ordinary Chinese family over the course of the tumultuous last century. Wang Xiaoshuai is our main character and guide throughout the film. He introduces us to people from all walks of life: from Beijing’s white-collar workers who work tirelessly in the grind of urban life, to rural ethnic minorities who have lived according to the same customs for generations.

Festivals & awards

Busan 2018, section Wide Angle
Taipei 2018, Golden Horse Film Festival
Hong Kong 2018, Asian Film Festival

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Credits

Original TitleChinese Portrait
TitleChinese Portrait
Directed byXiaoshuai Wang
CountryChina
Year2018
ScreenplayXiaoshuai Wang
Film EditingValérie Loiseleux
Soundtrack
CinematographyXinguai Piao, Di Wu, Hui Zeng, Jian Zeng
Sound
Costumes
Production Design
ProductionXuan Liu, Isabelle Glachant
FormatsBlu-ray, DCP
Runtime79 min.
LanguageOhne Dialog
CastDokumentarfilm, documentaire, documentary

Credits

Original TitleChinese Portrait
TitleChinese Portrait
Directed byXiaoshuai Wang
CountryChina
Year2018
ScreenplayXiaoshuai Wang
Film EditingValérie Loiseleux
Soundtrack
CinematographyXinguai Piao, Di Wu, Hui Zeng, Jian Zeng
Sound
Costumes
Production Design
ProductionXuan Liu, Isabelle Glachant
FormatsBlu-ray, DCP
Runtime79 min.
LanguageOhne Dialog
CastDokumentarfilm, documentaire, documentary

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