Mr. Zhang Believes
2015, Chinese. Directed by Qiu Jiongjiong.
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.
- Runtime
- 2h 16m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Chinese
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- 10 August 2015
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Mr. Zhang Believes runs 136 minutes (2h 16m).
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Who directed Mr. Zhang Believes?
Mr. Zhang Believes (2015) was directed by Qiu Jiongjiong and stars Yang Cheng, Zhang Tuoyu, Yi Sicheng.