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GreatGoodWatch scoreSummary
One of the best-known Chinese figurative painters, Liu Xiaodong goes back to his hometown of Jincheng, in the province of Liaoning (North-East China), to re-paint again friends and relatives after several years have gone by. With a soundtrack by famed composer Lim Giong (Millennium Mambo, The Assassin).
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Background watch
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
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Audiences 74GoodWatch 77
IMDb7.4
Running time
1 h 12 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 documentaries, −24 min on the typical 96
typical 9672Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 11 countries
Released
2011
November 18, 2011
15 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
Chinese
Original language
Made in
Taiwan
Directing · 1
- Yao Hung-i Director, Cinematography
Production · 1
- Hou Hsiao-hsien Producer
Sound · 1
- Lim Giong Music
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