Ghost Town

Film Information:
Year:

2008

Ghost Town

País:

 

Director:

Zhao Dayong

Color:

Color

Format:

HD

Duration:

172 min

Production:

  • FOTOGRAFÍA: Zhao Dayong
  • MONTAJE: Zhao Dayong
  • PRODUCCIÓN: David Bandurski

Contact:

  • Lantern Films China Company Ltd.
  • David L. Bandurski
  • Lun Fung Court 11A,
  • 363 Des Voeux Road West
  • Hong Kong, China
  • T +852 9186 6452
  • E dbandurski@lanternfilms.com.hk
  • W www.lanternfilms.com.hk

Synopsis

“When China took the brutal path of the Cultural Revolution, it lost sight of the most fundamental understanding of the value of human life. In the decades following this national tragedy, as Chinese busied themselves with becoming materially prosperous to the point of sacrificing their own well-being, they once again lost sight of the cultural and spiritual meaning of life. What little was left of our culture again faced extinction. In this film I wanted to explore the idea of these lost histories and ravaged cultures.”

Zhao Dayong

A powerful portrait, both monumental and sublime, of an abandoned town in southwest China, where the few remaining residents cling to existence: father-and-son underground Christian pastors; a woman sold into marriage, separated from the young man she loves; and a twelve-year old boy scavenging among rubble for food and magic.

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