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The Man Who Defied Beijing
“China would like the world to forget his name”
6.5 / 10• 2019• 59m•NR• French
DocumentaryHistory
Storyline
A portrait of Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), a witness of the Tiananmen Square massacre (1989), a dissident, a woodpecker who tirelessly pecked the putrid brain of the Communist regime for decades, demanding democracy loudly and fearlessly. Silenced, arrested, convicted, imprisoned, dead. Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2010, alive forever. These are his last words.
Cast & Crew
PL
Perry Link
Self - Sinologist and Liu's Translator
LeadHJ
Hao Jian
Self - Film Critic and Screenwriter
JB
Jean-Philippe Béja
Self - Sinologist
XY
Xu Youyu
Self - Philosopher
AN
Andrew Nathan
Self - Sinologist
BL
Bei Ling
Self - Poet
HP
Hu Ping
Self - Journalist
Wu'er Kaixi
Self - Student Leader (1989)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Pierre Haski's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Man Who Defied Beijing is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
