Fengming: A Chinese Memoir
Engrossing and moving testimony of a life blighted.
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Thu 7 Aug 17:30 NFT2
An unwavering documentary in which the elderly He Fengming recounts her life as a victim of the state ever since her husband was arraigned as a 'Rightist' in 1957.
The director of the epic Tiexi Qu: West of the Tracks returns with another sobering document. The elderly He Fengming is filmed in the gathering darkness of her apartment as she recounts a life blighted from the moment her husband, a journalist, was arraigned as a "Rightist" in 1957. Shot in two long sessions, her testimony is engrossing and moving; the film has a cumulative emotional power.
- Directed by:
- Wang Bing
- Cast:
- He Fengming
- Country:
- China-France
- Year:
- 2007
- Running time:
- 183min
