The Man Who Defied Beijing (2019)
China would like the world to forget his name
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.
Director: Pierre Haski
Genre: Documentary, History
Runtime: 59 min
Release Date: May 14, 2019
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
Screenplay
- Anthony Dufour (Idea)
- Pierre Haski
Music: Nicolas de Zorzi
Cinematography: François Cauwel
Editing: Mathias Lavergne
Production: ARTE GEIE, Pictanovo, RTBF, Hikari
Country: Belgium, France, Germany
Language: 普通话, Français
Original Language: fr
Keywords
biography, political activist, nobel peace prize, communist china, political repression, portrait of an artist, celebrity interview, tiananmen square, persecuted writer, last interview
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is The Man Who Defied Beijing about?
- 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.
- Who directed The Man Who Defied Beijing?
- The Man Who Defied Beijing was directed by Pierre Haski.
- Who stars in The Man Who Defied Beijing?
- The Man Who Defied Beijing stars Perry Link, Hao Jian, Jean-Philippe Béja, Xu Youyu, Andrew Nathan, Bei Ling.
- How long is The Man Who Defied Beijing?
- The Man Who Defied Beijing has a runtime of 59m (59 minutes).
- What genre is The Man Who Defied Beijing?
- The Man Who Defied Beijing is a Documentary, History film.
- Where was The Man Who Defied Beijing produced?
- The Man Who Defied Beijing was produced in Belgium, France, Germany.