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 France - USA - UK | 2023 | Color | Documentary | 60 min 

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DCP | Chinese

 SYNOPSIS 

 CREDITS 

The film is a portrait of 86 years old Wang Xilin, one of China’s most important modern classical composers now based in Germany. During the troubled time of the 60’s, he was the target of severe persecution, enduring beatings, imprisonment and torture. The film exhibits the body and soul of a man scarred by a life of suffering, a "man in black" who is yet still capable of deep and sincere compassion. With excerpts from his Symphonies, he revisits some of the horrifying events that still live on in his memory as testimony to an era that saw the dehumanization of the entire Chinese nation.

Director   

Cast

Cinematographer

Editor

Production

Co-production

International Sales 

WANG Bing

WANG Xilin

Caroline Champetier

Claire Atherton

Gladys Glover

WIL Productions

Louverture Films

Goodman Gallery

Asian Shadows

 FESTIVALS, selective list 

- Cannes IFF 2023

          Official Selection, Special Screening

- New Horizons 2023

          Retrospective on Wang Bing

- DMZ 2023 

          Frontier Competition 

- ICFF Manaki Brothers 2023

          Competition

- Black Canvas 2023

          Beyond the Canvas Competition

- Dok Leipzig 2023

          Camera Lucida

- Film Fest Ghent 2023

          Sight & Sound

- Doc Lisboa 2023

          Opening film, From the Earth to the Moon

- Sao Paulo 2023

          International Perspective Competition

 AWARDS 

- DMZ 2023 

          Frontier Competition, Grand Prix 

- Asian Pacific Screen Awards

          Nominated for Best Documentary

- Manaki Brothers Film Festival

          Iron Camera 300 for Caroline Champetier

- Black Canvas 2023

          Beyond the Canvas Competition, Best Film Award

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