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China Behind (1974)

China Behind poster
Original title
再見中國
Directed by
Tang Shu Shuen
Genre
drama film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of people in communist China work to escape the country. The film shows their difficult journey and the oppressive atmosphere around them.

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What happens

China Behind (再見中國) is a 1974 Hong Kong movie, directed by Tang Shu Shuen. The film painted a bleak portrait of communist China and the desire to escape, yielding a thirteen-year ban by British colonial authorities, that was lifted in 1987. The film was shot in Taiwan with official authorization, and the cinematography was done by renowned Taiwanese photographer Chang Chao-Tang (張照堂). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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