''China Behind'' (再見中國) is a 1974

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

movie, directed by Tang Shu Shuen. The film painted a bleak portrait of communist China and the desire to escape, yielding a thirteen-year ban by British colonial authorities, that was lifted in 1987.East Asian Institute of Columbia University's Weatherhead Program in Contemporary Culture and Arts of East Asia
/ref> The film was shot in Taiwan with official authorization, and the cinematography was done by renowned Taiwanese photographer Chang Chao-tang (張照堂).

Synopsis

The plot concerns four college students seeking escape to Hong Kong at the start of the 1966 Maoist

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a Social movement, sociopolitical movement in the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). It was launched by Mao Zedong in 1966 and lasted until his de ...

in Mainland China.

Reception

The film was selected as one of the " Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures" during the

24th Hong Kong Film Awards The 24th Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony was held on 27 March 2005, in the Hong Kong Coliseum and hosted by Carol Cheng and Lawrence Cheng. Twenty-nine winners in nineteen categories were unveiled, with films ''Kung Fu Hustle'' and ''2046'' being t ...

ceremony on 27 March 2005. It was also selected for inclusion in

Hong Kong Film Archive The Hong Kong Film Archive is a public film archive collects, preserves, and screens Hong Kong films and other related materials. The archive was founded in 1993, when its Planning Office was opened by the Urban Council. It joined the Intern ...

's "100 must-see Hong Kong movies" in 2011.100 must-see Hong Kong movies
p.66.

References

External links

IMDb entry

Hong Kong Cinemagic entry

Hong Kong Movie Database entry
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