Chinese Portrait

2018

1h 19m

Documentary

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10 Reviews

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A filmmaker creates portraits of Chinese factory workers, farmers, miners and students.

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An experimental art piece, full of various disconnected long shots of people existing in China. Some of them are at work, some of them are walking from place to place, some of them are staring into the camera, almost at the viewer. This isn't a movie for everyone, in fact I actually have a hard time recommending it to anyone, since it requires a very open mind and a lot of patience. Personally I think It's best viewed in segments: watch it for a while until something comes up or you get bored, then pause and come back to it later. Treat it like an art piece in a museum. You don't have to stand and look at it for an hour and a half, you can meander around and come back to it as you see fit.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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A very strong and delicate film ! I enjoyed it very much.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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G. Allen Johnson

San Francisco Chronicle

"Chinese Portrait" is a great art installation, but a thoroughly unsatisfying film.

Rated: 1/4

Jan 30, 2020

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Jonathan Romney

Film Comment Magazine

The first great film of this year, arguably, was Wang Xiaoshuai's three-hour So Long, My Son...although it is only 80 minutes long, his Chinese Portrait is equally expansive, although in a telegraphic, fragmented manner.

Dec 20, 2019

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Kevin Crust

Los Angeles Times

Brimming with humanity, Wang's contemplative, minimalist approach forces us to consider the day-to-day lives of these people, and perhaps our own.

Dec 19, 2019

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Mattie Lucas

From the Front Row

As the film progresses it becomes something at once wondrous and revelatory, a dynamic living document of modern China that invites viewers to take in the world around them.

Rated: 3.5/4

Dec 17, 2019

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

Connecting the images is like putting together the pieces of puzzle that shows the whole of China, in its past, present and future forms, and that is where the production's value truly lies.

Dec 2, 2019

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Synopsis

A filmmaker creates portraits of Chinese factory workers, farmers, miners and students.

Director: Wang Xiaoshuai
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 17, 2020
Runtime: 1h 19m

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