The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink
1989•1h 5m•Released
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."
Director
Murray Grigor
Writer
Murray Grigor, Marina Abramović, Ulay
Languages
English
Studio
Contemporary Art Foundation
Cast
Marina Abramović
Herself
Ulay
Himself
Bao Xing
Calligrapher
Sedar Chazam
Voice
Wu Xiao Ming
Voice
Production
Company
Contemporary Art Foundation
Producer
Barbara Grigor
Producer
Eduardo Lipschutz-Villa
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