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How Yukong Moved the Mountains

How Yukong Moved the Mountains (French: Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes) is a series of 12 documentary films directed by Marceline Loridan-Ivens and Joris Ivens about the Cultural Revolution. Ivens and his partner Loridan worked on the film between 1972 and 1974, and it was finally released in France in 1976. The film's title refers to Yugong Yishan, an ancient fable about the virtues of perseverance and willpower. At 763 minutes, it is one of the longest theatrical films by running time.

How Yukong Moved the Mountains
Directed byJoris Ivens
Marceline Loridan
Release date
  • 10 March 1976 (1976-03-10) (Paris)
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Running time
763 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Contents

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For English-language distribution, the film was shown in five feature-length parts:[2]

  1. A Woman, A Family; Rehearsal at the Peking Opera[nb 1]
  2. The Fishing Village; The Football Incident;[nb 2] Training at the Peking Circus
  3. The Pharmacy; Traditional Handicrafts;[nb 3] An Army Camp[nb 4]
  4. The Generator Factory; Professor Tsien
  5. The Oilfields;[nb 5] Impressions of a City - Shanghai

Reception

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The segment The Football Incident was awarded Best Documentary Short at the 1977 César Awards.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Alternate translation: A Performance at the Peking Opera
  2. ^ Alternate translation: The Ball
  3. ^ Alternate translation: Craftsmen
  4. ^ Alternate translation: A Barracks
  5. ^ Alternate translation: Petroleum

References

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  1. ^ Schoots, Hans (1 June 2000). Living dangerously: a biography of Joris Ivens. Amsterdam University Press. p. 328. ISBN 978-90-5356-388-5. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. ^ "How Yukong Moved the Mountains (1976)". Archived from the original on August 11, 2016.
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