Movie·2015·0h 56m
Journey to the West
Country
China
Language
Mandarin
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The Story
Original title: Voyage en Occident
"Journey to the West" is an embedded documentary film into a bus full of Chinese tourists visiting Europe (6 countries in 10 days!) for the very first time. This road movie captures with humor, poetry and spirit the cultural differences between China and Europe in a play of mirrors and contrasts. It also destroys the stereotypes about the emerging Chinese middle class and reveals what they think about the "others" who are "us", the Westerners.
Themes
ethnic stereotyperoad moviestereotypeobservational documentarychinese dreamtravel documentarytravelerschinese familytireless travelerchinese society
Audience Score
80%
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