 
Code : 199848
Running Time : 93 min
Language : English | Mandarin
Aspect Ratio : 1.85 : 1
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| Up The Yangtze |
| Director:Yung Chang |
| Artefact Price: £10.00 |
| RRP: £14.99 - (You save £4.99) | | Distributor: Artefact Films | | Released: July 2008 |
| Subject: Dvds |
| Category: Social Interest |
| Subject 2: Artefact Films |
| Category 2: Films |
Synopsis :
In the largest engineering project since the Great Wall, China has set out to harness the power of the Yangtze, an endevour that provides the epic and unsettling backdrop for a dramatic and disquieting film on life inside the Chinese dream.
Among the two million losing their livelihood to the dam, are the Yu family who must now send their daughter off to work. In a bitter irony she’s been hired into a strange apocalyptic tourist trade that thrives along the river, offering a glimpse of a legendary world before it disappears forever.
Stunningly photographed and beautifully composed, Up the Yangtze juxtaposes the poignant and sharply observed details of Yu Shui’s story against the monumental and ominous forces at work all around her. Where Western passengers take in the spectral views, consuming entertainment on the spacious upper decks, while Yu Shui toils in the galley down below, vying with workmates for the few permanent positions.
| Reviews :
“A gloriously cinematic doc of epic, poetic sadness”
John Anderson, Variety
“One of the real pluses of Up the Yangtze, is its striking visual quality. Beijing-based cinematographer Wang Shi Qing has an impeccable eye, often coming up with haunting images that show both the beauty and uncertainty of this pivotal time. “
Los Angeles Times
“An astonishing documentary of culture clash and the erasure of history amid China’s economic miracle.”
The New York Times | Starring :
Jerry Bo Yu Chen Cindy Shui Yu Campbell Ping He |
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