Credits
Sylvie BLUM - Film Editor
Zhao L IANG - Film Editor
Bruno BARWISE - Film Editor
Shun ZI - Film Editor
Laurent THOMAS - Sound
Zhao LIANG - Cinematography
Zhao LIANG - Director
PETITION
Directed by : Zhao LIANG
Year of production : 2009 Country : CHINA, FRANCE Length : 124 minutes
Synopsis
“Petition – The court of the complainants”, directed by Zhao Liang, is a unique testimony about China today. Since 1996 Zhao Liang has filmed the “petitioners”, who come from all over China to make complaints in Beijing about abuses and injustices committed by the local authorities. Gathered near the complaints offices, around the southern railway station of Beijing, living in most cases in makeshift shelters, the complainants wait for months or years to obtain justice. Peasants thrown off their land, workers from factories which have gone into liquidation, small homeowners who have seen their houses demolished but received no compensation..., all types of cases are represented. Faced with the most brutal intimidation from the local authorities, the complainants who stubbornly continue des
Zhao LIANG
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Contacts
Production
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