423112
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The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink

1989-01-01 en 65m
RomanceDocumentary
In the twilight years of the Cultural Revolution, a Chinese filmmaker slowly becoming blind tours the country screening her last film to peasants. In it, the woman imagines two "alien" lovers walking from end-to-end along the Great Wall to join each other in the middle, one last time. This documentary is an adaptation of Ulay and Marina Abramovic's final collaborative project, the 1988 performance "The Lovers: The Great Wall Walk."

Sound

Becky Thomson

Writer

Marina Abramović

Writer

Ulay

Writer

Murray Grigor

Music

David McNiven

Music

Mei Hong Fu

great wall of china

Status

Released

Countries

  • United Kingdom
  • China

Companies

  • Contemporary Art Foundation