Director
Zhang Yang
Run Time
127 mins
Release Year
2018
Country of Origin
China
Language
Mandarin
Director of Photography: Guo Daming
Editor: Wei Le, Zhang Yang
Produced by: Zhang Yang
Screenplay by: Zhang Yang
Sound Production: Yang Jiang, Zhao Nan
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Up the Mountain (Huo shan)
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A portrait of a year in the painting studio of Shen Jianhua in Dali, Yunnan Province. Originally from Shanghai, Shen moved to the countryside to teach the local Bai women art and painting. The film documents both the fading traditions of the local community and the impact of a rapidly changing modern China. In the words of Wendy Ide from Screen International: ‘This lyrical documentary from Zhang Yang is a meditation on beauty.’ [U]
Up the Mountain is nominated for the 2019 Award for Best Documentary Feature Film.
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