Synopsis
Beijing, China. Yin Hong, forty one years, and her husband, were born in the fifties. Their youth, snatched by the Cultural revolution, did not build itself as they would have wished it. But they like music and have an only son, Lu Nan, today fifteen. In opposite of ease, this young pianist sees his future building itself in the light of dictats, hopes and sacrifices of his parents.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Solferino Images
- Foreign production company : Sichuan Radio & Television
- Film exports/foreign sales : Écrans des Mondes (ICTV)
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Michel Noll
- Screenwriter : Junqian Han
- Editor : Cécile Beaulande
- Sound Recordist : Olivier Lafuma
- Foreign Producer : Chaoyang Cheng
- Production Manager : Éric Lambert
- Sound Editor : Olivier Lafuma
- Special Effects : Cun Yang, Changjiang Deng
- Sound Mixer : Olivier Lafuma
- Narrator : Dominique Malige
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Production language : Chinese
- Coproducer countries : France, China
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, China)
- Production year : 2007
- Runtime : 53 min 27 seconds
- Visa number : 122.326
- Visa issue date : 19/01/2009
- Production formats : DV-CAM
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 4/3
- Audio format : Mono
- Rating restrictions : None
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