Mr. Zhang Believes
痴
Rating: 8.2 · 2015 · History, Drama · China · 2 ч 16 мин
Description
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.
Information
- Original title
- 痴
- Year
- 2015
- Genre
- History, Drama
- Country
- China
- Runtime
- 2 ч 16 мин
- TMDB
- 8.2
- IMDb
- 8.2