惰性 | 沦败

國破山河在 guó pò shānhé zài | The nation is broken, though mountains and rivers remain (杜甫, Du Fu, 757)

路边野餐

Ex-convict Chen Sheng works as a doctor in a rural community. Chen squabbles with his half-brother Crazy Face about how he neglects his son Weiwei. When Weiwei disappears, Chen believes that Crazy Face may have sold the child into servitude. Chen sets out to Zhenyuan to get Weiwei back. Chen drifts into a mysterious village called Dangmai, in which the past, present, and future mix together.

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River Elegy 河殇 1988

Red Sorghum 红 高粱 1987

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Du Fu: China’s Greatest Poet (BBC Documentary 2020)

Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of Balance 1982

盲井 Blind Shaft 2003

My People, My Country 我和我的祖国

Passing by The second story Passing by (相遇), directed by Zhang Yibai, sees a scientist, Gao Yuan, played by Zhang Yi, work on China’s first atom bomb who had to bid farewell forever to his lover in the 1960s. The Guiding Star The sixth story The Guiding Star (白昼流星), directed by Chen Kaige, is about a pair of homeless brothers who witness the landing of the capsule of the Shenzhou 11 manned spacecraft on November 18, 2016, a moment of national pride that touched them. One for All One for All (护航), directed by Wen Muye, follows the story of a top female fighter jet pilot Lü Xiaoran who helps her fellow pilots accomplish a smooth aerial performance at the Military Parade of the 70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Second Sino-Japanese War in 2015.

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