China is Near (1967)
- Original title
- La Cina è vicina
- Directed by
- Marco Bellocchio
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 27 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
In 1960s Italy, a wealthy family's political ambitions clash with their personal desires and a leftist activist's schemes. The film satirizes the struggle for power and social status among competing groups.
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What happens
China Is Near (Italian: La Cina è vicina) is a 1967 Italian drama film written and directed by Marco Bellocchio. It is a satirical movie about the struggle for political and social power. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." Although selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 40th Academy Awards, it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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