Adam Kerby

The Ta'ang or Palaung people, an ethnic minority living in the mountainous area between Myanmar's Kokang region and China's Yunnan province, have historically suffered many forced migrations due to war. When their survival is threatened again in 2015, thousands of them flee across the border. Filmmaker Wang Bing accompanies them and becomes a privileged witness to a human story that is both a modern reportage and a mythical epic.

In 2010, while he was filming "Three Sisters" in the mountain of Yunnan province, Wang Bing met two teenagers, Yonggao and Yongjin, whose father, a stonemason, had gone to the city in the hope of finding work. Wang Bing met up with them again in 2014, when they had been reunited with their father after four years in Fumin. For about a month, Wang Bing filmed their daily lives in the single squalid room that was their home. The fixed camera recorded the micro-events that punctuated their days : their father leaving for work, the youngsters themselves waking up, breakfast time, in front of the television, etc.

中国・雲南省の隔離された精神病院に3カ月半密着。前後二編で構成されたドキュメンタリー。その病院には、暴力的な患者、非暴力的な患者、法的に精神異常というレッテルを貼られた者、薬物中毒やアルコール中毒の者、さらには、政治的な陳情行為をした者や「一人っ子政策」に違反した者、20年以上にわたる入院生活を送る者など、さまざまな患者が暮らし、「入院」というより「収容」といった様相を呈している。社会から隔絶された鉄格子の中でも互いにいたわりあい、愛を求める患者たちの日常を寄り添うように撮影し、その実態を映し出していく。

The masterful new documentary from Wang Bing is an intimate, observational portrait of a peasant family who eke out a humble existence in a small village set against the stunning mountain landscapes of China's Yunnan province.

The film consists almost entirely of an interview with the elderly He Fengming, recounting her experiences in post-1949 China.

Chen Chuan (Francis Ng) is a simple man who seems to be cursed with bad luck all the time. Convinced by a blind fortune teller that he must eliminate the "villain" that is bringing him the ills, Chen vows to kill the person responsible for his misfortunes. But he soon has second thoughts when he suspect that the "villain" is none other than his own wife.

A detailed look at the gradual decline of Shenyang’s industrial Tiexi district, an area that was once a vibrant example of China’s socialist economy. But industry is changing, and the factories of Tiexi are closing. Director Wang Bing introduces us to some of the workers affected by the closures, and to their families.