Prisonniers de Mao (1979)
- Directed by
- Véra Belmont
- Genre
- documentary film, prison film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A French man is arrested in China in 1957 and sentenced to 12 years in prison as a counter-revolutionary. The documentary follows his time in various prisons and labor camps, and his eventual release and expulsion from the country.
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What happens
Prisonniers de Mao est un film documentaire réalisé en 1977 par Véra Belmont, sorti en 1979. Le documentaire, réalisé à partir de Prisonnier de Mao. Sept ans dans un camp de travail en Chine, récit de Jean Pasqualini, décrivant le calvaire d'un Français dans les prisons chinoises. Arrêté en 1957, il fut accusé d'être un « contre-révolutionnaire » et condamné à 12 ans de prison. Il fut incarcéré et transféré dans différentes prisons. Libéré en 1964, il fut expulsé de Chine, obligé d'y laisser sa femme, sa famille et son fils. Il analyse un système politique et ses intolérancesPrisonniers de maoPrisonniers de Mao (1979). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Comme les Anges dechus de la Planete St Michel (1979)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.