De Xiaolu Guo Documentaire, 2004, 61′, colors, V.O., english subtitles Une méditation sur le prix à payer pour la construction de la Chine Nouvelle. Tandis que la Chine se prépare à recevoir les Jeux Olympiques de 2008, ce film illustre un tournant crucial de l’histoire chinoise. Il saisit la fuite d’un certain passé et l’érosion des racines individuelles. Maison des Arts 12/03 at 14h PS – 14/03 at 16H30 PS
A meditation on the price which being paid for the building of the new China. The film starts with the unemployed peasants rushing into Beijing to work on the demolition and construction of the city. New China uses these people’s desperation to realize its huge ambitions. But the construction workers don’t belong in Beijing, and Beijing has no place for them either. Maison des Arts 12/03 at 14h PS – 14/03 at 16H30 PS
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