René Viénet
Director
Unlike his earlier films "Can Dialectics Break Bricks?" and "The Girls of Kamare", which "detourned" drama films, in this one, Viénet uses a great variety of sources (particularly archive footage of People's Republic of China leaders) to compose a political documentary sharply critical of Mao's legacy in China. The title is a reference to the pamphlet "Français, encore un effort si vous voulez être républicains" featured in "Philosophy in the Bedroom" of Marquis de Sade.
Homepage | http://ubu.com/film/vienet_chinois.html |
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Release Date | 1977-10-01 |
Runtime | 1h 52m |
Director | René Viénet |
Producers | Helène Vager, Charles-Henri Favrod |
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