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New Chinese Cinema (1989)
Character: N/A
Tony Rayns presents the work of the 'Fifth Generation' and other innovative filmmakers who emerged during the 1980s in China.
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如花 (2004)
Character: N/A
A documentary on the filming of the movie House of Flying Daggers
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Big Fish in China (1994)
Character: Self
Recording of the documentary 'Big Fish in China', a film looking at the work and life of Zhang Yimou, one of China's most famous film directors, and his leading lady and partner, Gong Li.
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秦俑 (1989)
Character: General Meng Tianfang
An awakened immortal warrior struggles between defending the emperor and the actress he believes to be his love of old.
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红高粱 (1988)
Character: N/A
An old leper who owned a remote sorghum winery dies. Jiu'er, the wife bought by the leper, and her lover, identified only as "my Grandpa" by the narrator, take over the winery and set up an idealized quasi-matriarchal community headed by Jiu'er. When the Japanese invaders subject the area to their rule and cut down the sorghum to make way for a road, the community rises up and resists as the sorghum grows anew.
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Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang (2017)
Character: Self
Known for his spectacular pyrotechnic displays, Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang creates his most ambitious project yet: Sky Ladder, a visionary, explosive event that he pulls off in his hometown in China after 20 years of failed attempts.
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Bergman - ett år, ett liv (2018)
Character: Self
The year 1957 was one of the most prolific for the Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman: he shot two films, released two of his most celebrated films and produced four plays and a TV movie while juggling with a complicated private life.
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大阅兵 (1986)
Character: N/A
Army volunteers train for places in China's 1984 National Day parade, where they are expected to be a perfect marching unit.
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Making of House of Flying Daggers (2004)
Character: Self
Main Characters/Performers: 1. Xiao Mei - first appearing as new star dancer in lavish Peony Pavilion brothel, Mei is believed to be the blind daughter of a rebel group's recently assassinated leader- played by Zhang Ziyi . 2. Jin - police captain in the ruling Tang emperor's service, enlisted by his superior Leo to play the role of double agent by helping Mei escape and getting her to lead him - and government troops - to the rebel stronghold - played by Takeshi Kaneshiro. 3. Leo - introduced as a high ranking policeman in the Tang emperor's service, Leo turns out to a mole planted years earlier by the rebels working to overthrow the corrupt ruling Tang government - played by Andy Lau.
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张艺谋和他的影 (2018)
Character: Self
Documentary about the making of Zhang Yimou's fiction movie Shadow.
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有话好好说 (1997)
Character: Junk Peddler
A spurned lover seeks a rich man for revenge. A random onlooker — who witnessed the public assault committed by the rich man against the lover — seeks for monetary compensation for his smashed computer.
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Trespassing Bergman (2013)
Character: Self
In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, and left Stockholm to live there. When he died, the house was preserved. A group of very special film buffs, came from all over the world, travel to Fårö in search of the genius and his legacy. (An abridged version of Bergman's Video, 2012.)
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我和我的父辈 (2021)
Character: TV Station Director (segment "Duck Prophet")
This anthology drama presents four short films honoring Chinese families, spotlighting the struggles of key groups across four pivotal eras: the revolution, construction, reform and opening up, and the new era, while highlighting their perseverance, dedication to ideals, and commitment to passing on the national spirit through generations.
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Lumière et Compagnie (1995)
Character: Self
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.
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老井 (1987)
Character: 孙旺泉
A married village worker teams up with an old girlfriend to try to dig a well for his water-starved village. The well collapses and they are trapped. Their enforced confinement leads to them exploring their feelings for each other and those around them.
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