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Chung Kuo, Cina Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni Written by Michelangelo Antonioni, Andrea Barbato Cinematography Luciano Tovoli Release date(s) 1972 Running time 220 minutes Chung Kuo, Cina (original title) is an Italian Documentary directed by Michelangelo Antonioni in 1972. It focuses primarily on the lives of working class Han Chinese during this time period.
Plot
In 1972, during Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution, Michelangelo Antonioni was invited by the People's Republic of China to direct a documentary about New China. Only permitted to visit certain parts of the country[1], the director traveled with his crew for eight weeks in Beijing, Nanjing, Suzhou, Shanghai, and Henan. The result was a three and a half hour long film, divided into three parts. Mao and his wife Jiang Qing disliked it so much that Michelangelo Antonioni was consequently charged with being anti-Chinese as well as counterrevolutionary.[2] The movie was finally shown at Beijing's Cinema Institute 30 years later.
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Films directed by Michelangelo Antonioni 1950s Story of a Love Affair (1950) • I Vinti (1952) • The Lady Without Camelias (1953) • "Attempted Suicide" [one of six segments comprising Love in the City (1953)] • Le Amiche (1955) • Il Grido (1957)1960s L'Avventura (1960) • La Notte (1961) • Eclipse (1962) • Red Desert (1964) • "The Screen Test" [one of three segments comprising The Three Faces (1965)] • Blowup (1966)1970s 1980s The Mystery of Oberwald (1981) • Identification of a Woman (1982)1990s Beyond the Clouds (1995)2000s "The Dangerous Thread of Things" [one of three segments comprising Eros (2004)]shorts N.U. (1948) • Lies of Love (1949)
Categories:- English-language films
- Documentary films about the People's Republic of China
- 1970 films
- Italian films
- Films directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
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