Mr. Zhang Believes (2015)
2h 16m
Running Time
August 10, 2015Release Date
Mr. Zhang Believes (2015)
2h 16m
Running Time
August 10, 2015Release Date
Plot.
Zhang Xianchi is a man thrown into the Cultural Revolution and its afterimage, plunged into the ideological deadlocks of the era and suffering its consequences beyond it. Born into a family that supports the nationalist Kuomintang, Zhang eventually became a leftist and joined the Communist Party. But his family’s background eventually catches up with him, and in a series of bureaucratic measures, he is labelled as a Rightist, leading to a slew of irrational yet life-affecting consequences. His story is told through an exhilarating hybrid of forms, blending documentary-styled interviews and spectral theatrical displays within an ever-mutating studio-space. Hypnagogic in its imagery and ironic in attitude, Mr. Zhang Believes is a tour-de-force treatise of a man caught within dogmatic political maneuverings, which it critiques indirectly with creative and stoic fervour.
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Cast & Crew.
Cai Yifan
Actor
Xiao'ou Ma
Actor
Yi Sicheng
Actor
Qiu Jiongjiong
Director
Jimmy Zhang
Actor
Yang Cheng
Zhang Tuoyu
Details.
Release DateAugust 10, 2015
Original Name痴
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 16m
Genres
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