Shot over the course of ten years on both film and video, the film consists of a series of carefully composed tableaux of people and environments. Pedestrians shuffle across a bustling Beijing street, steelworkers linger outside a deserted factory, tourists laugh and scamper across a crowded beach, worshippers kneel to pray in a remote village. With a painterly eye for composition, Wang captures China as he sees it, calling to a temporary halt a land in a constant state of change.
Unfortunately the movie Chinese Portrait is not yet available on HBO Max.
Camera | Wu Di | Director of Photography |
Sound | Valérie Loiseleux | Sound Designer |
Production | Qian Yini | Executive Producer |
Editing | Valérie Loiseleux | Editor |
Production | Liu Xuan | Producer |
Camera | Piao Xinghai | Director of Photography |
Sound | Mikaël Barre | Sound Mixer |
Directing | Wang Xiaoshuai | Director |
Camera | Zeng Jian | Director of Photography |
Production | Isabelle Glachant | Producer |
Art | Lv Dong | Art Direction |
Camera | Zeng Hui | Director of Photography |
Production | Liang Ying | Associate Producer |