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The Man Who Defied Beijing
The Man Who Defied Beijing

The Man Who Defied Beijing

China would like the world to forget his name

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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.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

59 mins

Rating

6.5/10

Release Date

14 May 2019

Country

Belgium

Cast

Perry Link

Perry Link

Self - Sinologist and Liu's Translator

Hao Jian

Hao Jian

Self - Film Critic and Screenwriter

Jean-Philippe Béja

Jean-Philippe Béja

Self - Sinologist

Xu Youyu

Xu Youyu

Self - Philosopher

Andrew Nathan

Andrew Nathan

Self - Sinologist

Bei Ling

Bei Ling

Self - Poet

Hu Ping

Hu Ping

Self - Journalist

Wu'er Kaixi

Wu'er Kaixi

Self - Student Leader (1989)

Liao Yiwu

Liao Yiwu

Self - Writer

Yu Jie

Yu Jie

Self - Essayist

Teng Biao

Teng Biao

Self - Professor of Law

Xia Yeliang

Xia Yeliang

Self - Economist

Chris May

Chris May

Self - Diplomatic

Liu Xia

Liu Xia

Self - Poet and Liu's Wife

Liu Xiaobo

Liu Xiaobo

Self - Writer and Activist (archive footage)

Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Deng Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Hu Yaobang

Hu Yaobang

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Li Peng

Li Peng

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Zhao Ziyang

Zhao Ziyang

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Jian Zemin

Jian Zemin

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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