Chinese Portrait
2018•1h 19m•6.9•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Wang Xiaoshuai
Languages
Mandarin
Studio
WXS Productions
Production
Company
WXS Productions
Company
Dongchun Films (Beijing) Co.
Company
Chinese Shadows
Producer
Isabelle Glachant
Producer
Liu Xuan
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