A Day in Beijing
Synopsis
Beijing is transformed in order to host the Olympic Games in 2008. The Chinese authorities bulldoze whole neighborhoods of the old city to make way for supermarkets and international hotels. Witnesses to a rich and tortured history, the little alleys (hutongs) of the old city have become the prey of property developers. The last inhabitants recount the methods employed by the government to get them to leave.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Imagie Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : The Party Film Sales
Full credits (3)
- Executive Producer : Jean-François Ferrillon
- Screenwriter : Bernard Louargant
- Assistant director : Meifen Li
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Themes : Architecture, Society
- Production language : Chinese
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2003
- Runtime : 52 min
- Production formats : DV-CAM
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 4/3
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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