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The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink

The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink (1989)

1h 5m | PG-13

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In the twilight years of the Cultural Revolution, a Chinese filmmaker slowly becoming blind tours the country screening her last film to peasants. In it, the woman imagines two "alien" lovers walking from end-to-end along the Great Wall to join each other in the middle, one last time. This documentary is an adaptation of Ulay and Marina Abramovic's final collaborative project, the 1988 performance "The Lovers: The Great Wall Walk."

Director: Murray Grigor

Studio: Contemporary Art Foundation

Genre: Romance, Documentary

Video: 720p

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Cast

Marina Abramović

Marina Abramović

as Herself

Ulay

Ulay

as Himself

Bao Xing

Bao Xing

as Calligrapher

Sedar Chazam

Sedar Chazam

as Voice

Wu Xiao Ming

Wu Xiao Ming

as Voice