{"id":28084,"date":"2015-09-25T09:07:08","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T07:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/filme-2015-chinese-mayor-the\/"},"modified":"2024-12-18T15:32:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T14:32:06","slug":"films-2015-chinese-mayor-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/films-2015-chinese-mayor-the\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Mayor, The"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Chinese Mayor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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DIRECTOR: <\/strong>Zhou Hao\u00a0\u00a0 COUNTRY: <\/strong>China\u00a0\u00a0 YEAR: <\/strong>2014\u00a0\u00a0 LANGUAGE(S): <\/strong>Chinese SUBTITLES: <\/strong>English\u00a0\u00a0 RUNNING TIME: <\/strong>86 min\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SECTION:<\/strong> International Forum 2015<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

SYNOPSIS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once the thriving capital of Imperial China, the city of Datong now lies in near ruins. Not only is it the most polluted city in the country, it is also crippled by decrepit infrastructure and even shakier economic prospects. But Mayor Geng Yanbo plans to change all that, announcing a bold, new plan to return Datong to its former glory, the cultural haven it was some 1,600 years ago. Such declarations, however, come at a devastatingly high cost. Thousands of homes are to be bulldozed, and a half-million of its residents (30 percent of Datong\u2019s total population) will be relocated under his watch. Whether he succeeds depends entirely on his ability to calm swarms of furious workers and an increasingly perturbed ruling elite. The Chinese Mayor captures, with remarkable access, a man and, by extension, a country leaping frantically into an increasingly unstable future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The gigantic project for the future alone comprises enough material to make a fascinating film. But Zhou Hao succeeds in doing much more: For years, he attends all the negotiations, citizens\u2019 gatherings, planning meetings and accompanies Tanbo to the construction sites and the new homes for those who have been resettled, creating a breathtaking portrait of a passionate workaholic and offering an incredible insight into the structures of an excessive society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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