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The Man Who Defied Beijing (2019)

China would like the world to forget his name

Genre : Documentary, History

Runtime : 59M

Director : Pierre Haski

Synopsis

A portrait of Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), a witness of the Tiananmen Square massacre (1989), a dissident, a woodpecker who tirelessly pecked the putrid brain of the Communist regime for decades, demanding democracy loudly and fearlessly. Silenced, arrested, convicted, imprisoned, dead. Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2010, alive forever. These are his last words.

Actors

Perry Link
Perry Link
Himself - Sinologist and Liu's Translator
Hao Jian
Hao Jian
Himself - Film Critic and Screenwriter
Jean-Philippe Béja
Jean-Philippe Béja
Himself - Sinologist
Xu Youyu
Xu Youyu
Himself - Philosopher
Andrew Nathan
Andrew Nathan
Himself - Sinologist
Bei Ling
Bei Ling
Himself - Poet
Hu Ping
Hu Ping
Himself - Journalist
Wu'er Kaixi
Wu'er Kaixi
Himself - Student Leader (1989)
Liao Yiwu
Liao Yiwu
Himself - Writer
Yu Jie
Yu Jie
Himself - Essayist
Teng Biao
Teng Biao
Himself - Professor of Law
Xia Yeliang
Xia Yeliang
Himself - Economist
Chris May
Chris May
Himself - Diplomatic
Liu Xia
Liu Xia
Herself - Poet and Liu's Wife
Liu Xiaobo
Liu Xiaobo
Himself - Writer and Activist (archive footage)
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Deng Xiaoping
Deng Xiaoping
Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Hu Yaobang
Hu Yaobang
Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Li Peng
Li Peng
Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Zhao Ziyang
Zhao Ziyang
Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Jian Zemin
Jian Zemin
Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
Himself - Politician (archive footage)

Crews

Pierre Haski
Pierre Haski
Director
Anthony Dufour
Anthony Dufour
Idea
François Cauwel
François Cauwel
Director of Photography
Mathias Lavergne
Mathias Lavergne
Editor
Nicolas de Zorzi
Nicolas de Zorzi
Original Music Composer
Romain Colonna D'Istria
Romain Colonna D'Istria
Sound Mixer
Pierre Haski
Pierre Haski
Writer
Nicolas Wiart
Nicolas Wiart
Production Manager
Anthony Dufour
Anthony Dufour
Delegated Producer
Heike Lettau
Heike Lettau
Producer
Caroline Laub
Caroline Laub
Producer

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