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Qingchun (chun)

Youth (Spring)

Wang Bing
Frankreich, Luxemburg, Niederlande 2023
212 min
OmeU
Image of movie Qingchun (chun)
Image of movie Qingchun (chun)
Image of movie Qingchun (chun)

Über fünf Jahre hinweg hat Wang Bing immer wieder in Zhili, dem Zentrum der chinesischen Kinderkleidungsindustrie gedreht. In überfüllten Räumen sitzen vornehmlich sehr junge Leute an ihren Nähmaschinen, die sie mit atemberaubender Geschicklichkeit bedienen. Meist stammen sie aus der Provinz und, wie sich mit der Zeit enthüllt, begreifen die harte Arbeit auch als Hintergrund fürs Flirten und Spaßhaben sowie die Partnersuche. Die beengten Wohnverhältnisse befördern das noch. So ereignen sich nicht nur Arbeitskämpfe, Streiks und Lohnverhandlungen, es kommt auch zu beiläufigem Sex, ernsthaften Verliebtheiten, zu Trennung und Familiengründungen. (Barbara Schweizerhof)

Both the title of Wang Bing’s new film and its subtitle, which indicates that this is only the first section of what will eventually become a multi-part saga, exude a surprising optimism coming from someone who has documented at length the decay of China’s twentieth century industry, the miserable conditions in which its working class live and the persecution of the country’s political opponents. Such optimism may not be easily reconciled considering what QINGCHUN (CHUN) is about: revealing the way numerous migrant workers—all from along the Yangtze river—live and work in the countless workshops and cramped dormitories of Zhili, a sprawling city near Shanghai devoted to the fast-fashion industry. But in comparison with BITTER MONEY and the 2017 installation SHIWU XIAOSHI, both shot within the same small garment factories, hope triumphs over resignation. Romantic dramas and innocuous pranks pervade the spaces of labour. Even though these new economic structures engender new forms of exploitation, the young people within them are at least prospering outside of the central state’s reach. Through a modular structure which manages to articulate individual and general aspirations, the fate of a whole generation can be felt. (Antoine Thirion)

Wang Bing: WEST OF THE TRACKS (2003), CHRONICLE OF A CHINESE WOMAN (2007), L’ETAT DU MONDE (2007, Episode), CRUDE OIL (2008), COAL MONEY (2009), MAN WITH NO NAME (2010), THE DITCH (2010), THREE SISTERS (2012), VENICE 70: FUTURE RELOADED (2013), TIL MADNESS DO US PART (2013), FATHERS AND SONS (2014), TA’ANG (2016), BITTER MONEY (2016), MRS. FANG (2017), DEAD SOULS (2018)

V'23
Fr. 20 Okt
11:00
Filmmuseum
OmeU
iCal
Mo. 30 Okt
20:30
Urania
OmeU
iCal
Credits
  • Maeda Yoshitaka
  • Shan Xiaohui
  • Song Yan
  • Liu Xianhui
  • Ding Bihan
  • Wang Bing
  • Ranko Paukovic
  • Dominique Auvray
  • Xu Bingyuan
  • Gong Liyo
House on Fire, Gladys Glover, CS Production, Arte France Cinéma, Les Films Fauves, Volya Films, Eastern-Lion, Culture Media Co., Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation, Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains

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