Qiu Jiongjiong Movies

  • 2022
    A New Old Play

    A New Old Play

    A New Old Play

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    On a 1980s evening, the topmost clown-actor of the 20th century Sichuan opera, Qiu Fu passes away in an accident and half-unwillingly sets off for...

    A New Old Play
  • 2011
    My Mother's Rhapsody

    My Mother's Rhapsody

    My Mother's Rhapsody

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    The mother is in her eightieth, the son is in his sixtieth, they talking about their past.

    My Mother's Rhapsody
  • 2010
    Madame

    Madame

    Madame

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    Qiu Jiongjiong's stark black-and-white series of interviews with transsexual cabaret singer Madame Bi Langda. Madame Bi's recollections of past...

    Madame
  • 2015
    Mr. Zhang Believes

    Mr. Zhang Believes

    Mr. Zhang Believes

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    Zhang Xianchi is a man thrown into the Cultural Revolution and its afterimage, plunged into the ideological deadlocks of the era and suffering its...

    Mr. Zhang Believes
  • 2009
    A Portrait of Mr. Huang

    A Portrait of Mr. Huang

    A Portrait of Mr. Huang

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    Part of Qiu Jiongjiong’s 'chatterbox' oral history trilogy, this short documentary focuses on current storyteller and ex-cop Huang Songnian....

    A Portrait of Mr. Huang
  • 2017
    Inmates

    Inmates

    Inmates

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    In a confined section of a psychiatric ward in Northeast China, patients of schizophrenia, mania, depression, compulsive sexual behaviour and alcohol...

    Inmates
  • 2008
    Ode to Joy

    Ode to Joy

    Ode to Joy

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    An essential background for Qiu Jiongjiong’s recent A New Old Play, this dazzlingly playful short documentary remixes a Sichuan opera...

    Ode to Joy
  • 2007
    The Moon Palace

    The Moon Palace

    The Moon Palace

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    First film by director Qiu Jiongjiong -- about a restauranteur, his patrons, and the culture of art, poetry, and performance that surrounds them.

    The Moon Palace