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Chinese Portrait

我的镜头
Xiaoshuai Wang
Hong Kong
2018
79 min
European Premiere
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Passengers on a train, tourists at the beach, factory workers, farmers, construction workers and students: in a series of portraits, the famous Chinese independent film director Wang Xiaoshuai (Frozen, Beijing Bicycle, 11 Flowers) captures the state of his nation.

Each portrait is a carefully composed long shot, using a static camera that captures one or more people in motionless poses. But there's always movement somewhere in the frame: not all the subjects remain still, and animals, passersby and children don't obey the protocol. The resulting scenes are fascinating, moving photographs in which there's always something more to discover.

The director shows us a modern China that's a rich mix of new buildings and old courtyards, derelict industrial sites, countryside and big cities. What's most striking here is the seemingly endless amount of construction projects. This film is a motionless, non-narrative snapshot that calls a temporary halt to all this inexorable change.

Credits
Director
Production
    Isabelle Glachant for Chinese Shadows,
    Xuan Liu for Front Films Co. Ltd.
    Isabelle Glachant for Chinese Shadows,
    Xuan Liu for Front Films Co. Ltd.
Executive producer
    QIAN Yini
    QIAN Yini
Cinematography
    WU Di ,
    ZENG Hui,
    ZENG Jian,
    PIAO Xinghai
    WU Di ,
    ZENG Hui,
    ZENG Jian,
    PIAO Xinghai
Screening copy
    Asian Shadows
    Asian Shadows
World Sales
    Asian Shadows
    Asian Shadows

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