''How Yukong Moved the Mountains'' (french: Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes) is a series of 12 documentary films directed by
Marceline Loridan-Ivens
Marceline Loridan-Ivens (née Rozenberg; 19 March 1928 – 18 September 2018) was a French writer and film director. Her memoir ''But You Did Not Come Back'' details her time in Auschwitz-Birkenau. She was married to Joris Ivens.
Biography
Ma ...
and
Joris Ivens about the
Cultural Revolution
The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goal ...
. 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
The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains () is a well-known fable from Chinese mythology about the virtues of perseverance and willpower.
The tale first appeared in Book 5 of the ''Liezi'', a Daoist text of the 4th century BC,
and was retold in t ...
'', an ancient fable about the virtues of perseverance and willpower. At 763 minutes, it is one of the longest theatrical films by running time.
Contents
For English-language distribution, the film was shown in five feature-length parts:
#''A Woman, A Family''; ''Rehearsal at the Peking Opera''
[Alternate translation: ''A Performance at the Peking Opera'']
#''The Fishing Village''; ''The Football Incident'';
[Alternate translation: ''The Ball''] ''Training at the Peking Circus''
#''The Pharmacy''; ''Traditional Handicrafts'';
[Alternate translation: ''Craftsmen''] ''An Army Camp''
[Alternate translation: ''A Barracks'']
#''The Generator Factory''; ''Professor Tsien''
#''The Oilfields'';
[Alternate translation: ''Petroleum''] ''Impressions of a City - Shanghai''
Reception
The segment ''The Football Incident'' was awarded Best Documentary Short at the
1977 César Awards.
See also
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List of longest films by running time
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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Notes
References
External links
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1976 documentary films
1976 films
Chinese propaganda films
Films directed by Joris Ivens
French documentary films
1970s French-language films
Documentary films about China
Films about the Cultural Revolution
1970s French films
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