Wild land development and the fast changing of social and physical landscape of China has been for a long time the subject of choice of many Chinese social realism indie movies. It is indeed a hot topic and it is where the big economic divide becomes truly evident. First time director Cathy Yan, who grew up in US, has found a lighter way to dish out the same old stew with “Dead Pigs”, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and is produced by Jia Zhangke, a man who knows a thing or two about Chinese fast-paced development. The film is lightly based on an incident that occurred in 2013, when more than 16,000 dead pigs were found floating on the Huangpu, the river flowing through Shanghai.
“Dead Pigs” is streaming on Mubi
Shanghai is a modern and glitzy megalopolis in constant expansion, but just at the margins of the urban sprawl,...
“Dead Pigs” is streaming on Mubi
Shanghai is a modern and glitzy megalopolis in constant expansion, but just at the margins of the urban sprawl,...
- 2/13/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Wild land development and the fast changing of social and physical landscape of China has been for a long time the subject of choice of many Chinese social realism indie movies. It is indeed a hot topic and it is where the big economic divide becomes truly evident.
First time director Cathy Yan, who grew up in Us, has found a lighter way to dish out the same old stew (… or is it the same old stew?) with “Dead Pigs”, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and is produced by Jia Zhangke, a man who knows a thing or two about Chinese fast-paced development. The film is lightly based on an incident that occurred in 2013, when more than 16,000 dead pigs were found floating on the Huangpu, the river flowing through Shanghai.
“Dead Pigs” is screening at San Diego Asian Film Festival 2018
Shanghai is a modern and glitzy megalopolis in constant expansion,...
First time director Cathy Yan, who grew up in Us, has found a lighter way to dish out the same old stew (… or is it the same old stew?) with “Dead Pigs”, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and is produced by Jia Zhangke, a man who knows a thing or two about Chinese fast-paced development. The film is lightly based on an incident that occurred in 2013, when more than 16,000 dead pigs were found floating on the Huangpu, the river flowing through Shanghai.
“Dead Pigs” is screening at San Diego Asian Film Festival 2018
Shanghai is a modern and glitzy megalopolis in constant expansion,...
- 11/12/2018
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
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