Movie·2019·0h 59m
The Man Who Defied Beijing
China would like the world to forget his name
Country
Belgium
Language
Mandarin
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// overview
The Story
Original title: L'Homme qui a défié Pékin
A portrait of Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), a witness of the Tiananmen Square massacre (1989), a dissident, a woodpecker who tirelessly pecked the putrid brain of the Communist regime for decades, demanding democracy loudly and fearlessly. Silenced, arrested, convicted, imprisoned, dead. Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2010, alive forever. These are his last words.
Producer
Heike Lettau, Caroline Laub
Cinematography
François Cauwel
Music
Nicolas de Zorzi
Editor
Mathias Lavergne
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
2 votes
Where to watch
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// cast
Cast
Perry Link
Self - Sinologist and Liu's Translator
Hao Jian
Self - Film Critic and Screenwriter
Jean-Philippe Béja
Self - Sinologist
Xu Youyu
Self - Philosopher
Andrew Nathan
Self - Sinologist
Bei Ling
Self - Poet
Hu Ping
Self - Journalist
Wu'er Kaixi
Self - Student Leader (1989)
Liao Yiwu
Self - Writer
Yu Jie
Self - Essayist
Teng Biao
Self - Professor of Law
Xia Yeliang
Self - Economist
Chris May
Self - Diplomatic
Liu Xia
Self - Poet and Liu's Wife
Liu Xiaobo
Self - Writer and Activist (archive footage)
Mao Zedong
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Deng Xiaoping
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Hu Yaobang
Self - Politician (archive footage)
// crew
Crew
Pierre Haski
Director, Writer
François Cauwel
Director of Photography
Mathias Lavergne
Editor
Nicolas de Zorzi
Original Music Composer
Heike Lettau
Producer
Caroline Laub
Producer
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