Overview of articles
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Zhan Tai
The political and social upheavals in the 1980s, as a consequence of Deng Xiao-ping’s ‘open-door policy’, have their effect on the members of a theatrPublished on: -
In the Wild Mountains
Two mismatched farming couples experience both sexual and social change in 1980s China. Husband-swapping and entrepreneurial zeal fuse in this superblPublished on: -
Address Unknown
A moving postcard, as it were. A woman addresses her lover in London all the way from Beijing.Published on: -
731: Two Versions of Hell
A story told in two parts about the laboratory for biological weapons. The viewer has to find the truth.Published on: -
Shanghai Trance
Young Dutch director made an (almost) entirely Chinese film. In a city where everything is new, an outsider is in any case no more out…Published on: -
All The Way
The chaos of contemporary Chinese society encapsulated in a gangster film in which the lives of ordinary people are turned upside down by a chance…Published on: -
Devils on the Doorstep
Tranquil Chinese village is lumbered with two prisoners of war during the Japanese invasion in the 1930s. Award-winning, impressive combination of claPublished on: -
Durian Durian
Handheld, improvised images and the story of a Chinese prostitute, show the metropolis Hong Kong as an ugly, stinking fruit that is unexpectedly sweetPublished on: -
I Love You
A vivid, fiercely ironic and intense portrait of a young, well-to-do Beijing couple in the new China. Trying to be in love, they nevertheless suffocatPublished on: -
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks – Part 1: Rust
You need to book a whole day, but then you will go on a fantastic journey through a fascinating industrial empire in decay. In addition:…Published on: