Thu 11 Feb 1- 8:20 NFT2
- China 1984
- Dir Chen Kaige 陈凯歌
- 89 mins.
A groundbreaking work from one of the new wave of filmmakers emerging after the Cultural Revolution. With stunning cinematography from Zhang Yimou (later an award-winning director).It is set in 1939 and follows a young soldiers arrival in a backward peasant community. The story resonates with the experience of a generation of educated city dwellers who were forced to relocate in the country’s rural heartland. The film is considered as a pivotal work as it demolished the prejudice that Chinese movies were synonymous with Maoist dogma.
BFI Southbank Belvedere Road,
South Bank, Waterloo, SE1
Admission £8.60, £6.25 conc.
Box Office: 0207 928 3232
www.bfi.org.uk/southbank
