There's a Strong Wind in Beijing

Sun 30.06.
18:30

Director
Ju Anqi
China / 1999
50 min. / 16 mm / Original version with German subtitles
Original language
Mandarin
Cinema
Arsenal 1
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Spring 1999 in Beijing, shortly before the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic. Equipped with a 16 mm camera, Ju Anqi addresses residents directly in squares, schools, beauty salons, and public baths. His question is: " Do you think Beijing’s wind is strong?" In keeping with the ambiguity of the word "feng", which is explained as meaning not only wind but also practice, custom, news or information, the answers are as bizarre as they are telling. (mg)