Man in Black

7.42023Documentary

Wang Xilin, 86, is one of China's most important modern classical composers. During the Cultural Revolution he was the target of severe persecution, enduring beatings, imprisonment and torture. With excerpts from his Symphonies, he revisits for this film some of the horrifying events that still live on in his memory as testimony to an era that saw the dehumanization of the entire Chinese nation.

Original title黑衣人

Release2023-05-22

Runtime60 min

StatusReleased

CountriesFrance, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, United States of America

Original languageZH

SpokenMandarin

DirectorWang Bing

ProductionGladys Glover, WIL Productions, Louverture Films, Goodman Gallery, Le Fresnoy, Asian Shadows

Votes10

Popularity1

TMDB ID1109239