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Three Sisters

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Three Chinese sisters, aged 4 through 10, do their part to contribute to their family's livelihood as their father works in the city.

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J. Hoberman The Nation 11/10/2023
Wang’s magnificent 2012 portrait of young children in a subsistence-level village in Yunnan province... Go to Full Review Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times 05/09/2013
5/5
"Three Sisters" documents extreme poverty in rural China with the compassionate eye and inexhaustible patience of a director whose curiosity about his country's unfortunates never seems to wane. Go to Full Review Chris Cabin Slant Magazine 05/09/2013
3/4
Wang Bing's no-frills style of documentation visually echoes the preadolescent trio's simple yet unforgiving world and its sense of labor as life. Go to Full Review Steve Erickson Gay City News 02/21/2018
"Three Sisters" isn't quite as visually spectacular as "West of the Tracks," but it takes advantage of the hillside setting of the village, as well as its morning fog. Go to Full Review Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice 06/16/2017
3.5/5
The lonely, difficult, and exhausting lives of three sisters in a small village in China. Go to Full Review Tony McKibbin The List 07/16/2013
4/5
Resolute in detailing an appallingly quotidian family. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Bing Wang

Director

Bing Wang

Writer

Sylvie Faguer

Producer

Hui Mao

Producer

Bing Wang

Cinematographer

Wenhai Huang

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Movie Info

Synopsis Three Chinese sisters, aged 4 through 10, do their part to contribute to their family's livelihood as their father works in the city.
Director
Bing Wang
Producer
Sylvie Faguer, Hui Mao
Screenwriter
Bing Wang
Production Co
Chinese Shadows, Album Productions
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Chinese
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 17, 2017
Runtime
2h 33m