Underplayed Gems

Among Mountains and Streams (2024)

Among Mountains and Streams poster
Original title
Parmi les montagnes et les ruisseaux
Directed by
Jean-François Lesage
Genre
documentary film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
8.2 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two Chinese dissidents in exile, a writer and a painter, talk about their art and political activism while walking through the Quebec countryside. The film follows their conversation on a nature walk in rural Quebec.

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What happens

Among Mountains and Streams (French: Parmi les montagnes et les ruisseaux) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Jean-François Lesage and released in 2024. The film centres on two Chinese dissidents living in exile, writer Ma Jian and painter Meng Huang, who discuss their art and political activism while on a nature walk in rural Quebec. The film premiered at the Montreal International Documentary Festival in November 2024, before going into commercial release 1n August 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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