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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 | |
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| Directed by | Joris Ivens Marceline Loridan |
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Running time | 763 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Contents
editFor English-language distribution, the film was shown in five feature-length parts:[2]
Reception
editThe segment The Football Incident was awarded Best Documentary Short at the 1977 César Awards.
See also
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editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "How Yukong Moved the Mountains (1976)". Archived from the original on August 11, 2016.
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