Synopsis
Wang Xilin, 86, is one of China’s most important modern classical composers. During the Cultural Revolution 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.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Co-production : Gladys Glover
- Foreign production companies : Wil Productions, Louverture Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Asian Shadows
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producers : Sonia Buchman, Nicolas Rogister De La Mothe
- Director of photography : Caroline Champetier
- Assistant Director : Ruosong Huang
- Editor : Claire Atherton
- Sound Recordist : Erwan Kerzanet
- Foreign Producer : Lihong Kong
- Assistant Operators : Nicolas Eveilleau, Zoï Bota
- Sound Editor : Emmanuel Soland
- Assistant Editor : Ruosong Huang
- Sound Mixer : Emmanuel Soland
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Documentary, Experimental
- Sub-genre : Biopic
- Themes : Art, Music
- Production language : Chinese
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 2023
- French release :
- Runtime : 1 h
- Current status :
- Approval :
- Color type : Color
