Watermarks (2023)
Three Letters from China
by Luc Schaedler | go between films
Genre – Documentary
Duration – 1 h 15 min
Language – Chinese | Sous-titres FR, DE, EN, 中文
Region – Worldwide
Price – Free | Donation welcome
Synopsis
Based on three different places, the film «Watermarks – Three Letters from China» portrays the infractions to which people living in modern day China are subjected due to rapid developments…
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…in the deceptively idyllic Yangshuo in the rainy south; in the apocalyptic coal mining site of Wuhai in the parched north; and in Chongqing, the urban behemoth on the Yangtze River.
The protagonists give their accounts of the unsurmounted past, the precarious present and their tentative steps into the future. The film thus paints a complex image of the mental state of the people in this complicated country.
Bonus Material
The Funeral
Jiuxiancun, Guangxi Province
Early Morning…
Yangtze River, Chongqing
The «Coal Road»
Wusutu, Inner Mongolia
Old Chen Sells Fish
Yangtze River, Chongqing
Rice Farming
Jiuxiancun, Guangxi Province
Shearing Sheep in Minqin
Minqin, Gansu Province
Screening of «Watermarks» in China
In 2013, shortly after the film was completed, we returned to China to screen it on location for everyone who took part…
