28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
The Interceptor from My Hometown
director: Zanbo Zhang
original title: You Yi Zhong Jing Jiao Zhuang Yan
country: China
year: 2011
running time: 90 min.
synopsis
The Chinese government allows its citizens to file official complaints against their local governments, but at the same time unofficially prevents them from doing so. This documentary is the result of the director’s random encounter with an old classmate whose job is to convince people not to file their complaints. In long monologues by the director’s acquaintance, which take up most of this critical portrait of modern China, we hear a sense of shame at his job, but also helpless resignation
more about film
director: | Zanbo Zhang |
producer: | Rikun Zhu, Li Shanshan |