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My Village

Wang Wei | China | 2008 | 75' | | IFFR 2009

The titles of Wang Wai’s films are My Village 2006, My Village 2007, My Village 2008…. A basic one-chip DV camera which is often placed on a tripod; most of the sequences are comprised of approximately 10-minute takes, portraying the scenes of the village as if they were on the stage of a Beckett theatre. ‘I live my life in this village and this is also where I film… It is just the most everyday village possible and the most everyday villagers possible… I film them from among them, for I myself am one of them…’ (Wang Wei)

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Film details

Country of production
China
Year
2008
Festival edition
IFFR 2009
Length
75"
Medium/Format
DV cam

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