On March 19th 2019, the Italian episode of From Chung Kuo to China: Seeking Chung Kuo will be on preview at the Cultural Institute of the Embassy of Italy in China. From Chung Kuo to China is a new documentary series that is based on the several foreign directors’ documentaries filmed in China during the 1970s. This new series has filmed the same locations as the old ones and follows the stories. It vividly and directly observes the changes and developments of China during the past four decades. “Seeking Chung Kuo” is one of the episode of the doc serie “From Chung Kuo to China”.
Date：March 19, 2019
Time: 18:30 Audience admission 19:00 Screening
Subtitles：Chinese and English subtitles
Location: Cultural Institute of the Embassy of Italy in Beijing (No.2, East 2nd Street, Sanlitun, Chaoyang District, Beijing)
The production team will share their experience with the audience
Please register via the QR code at the end of this article (or “read more”) . ID will be required to be shown at the entrance.
Produced by Beijing SDT Media Co., Ltd
Junwei Liu, Co-founder of Beijing SDT Media Co., Ltd
Yun Zhu, Chief Director of From Chung Kuo to China
Weifu Liu, Director of the episode Seeking Chung Kuo
The Italian episode Seeking Chung Kuo
In 1972, Michelangelo Antonioni, a famous Italian director was invited by the Chinese government to film and he created Chung Kuo-Cina. He observed and followed Chinese families and social lives in this film, which represent his view of China, but at the time was not accepted by the Chinese.
Gabriele Battaglia, Italian journalist who has lived in China for years, as an exploration of the film followed Antonioni’s old path to Beijing, Anyang, Nanjing, Suzhou and Shenzhen City, re-visiting people who appeared in the old film. The differences and comparisons between China then and nowadays will be revealed, along with the altered attitude towards the original film Chung Kuo-Cina emerging as the documentary unfolds. Gabriele sees a comprehensively changing and developing China.
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Organizer: Italian Cultural Institute of the Embassy of Italy in China
Organizer: Beijing SDT Media Co., Ltd.
