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Up the Yangtze a Yung Chang film

A luxury cruise boat motors up the Yangtze--navigating the mythic waterway known in China simply as "The River." The Yangtze is about to be transformed by the biggest hydroelectric dam in history. At the river's edge--a young woman says goodbye to her family as the floodwaters rise towards their small homestead. The Three Gorges Dam--contested symbol of the Chinese economic miracle--provides the epic backdrop for Up the Yangtze, a dramatic feature documentary on life inside modern China.

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  • "沿江而上"
  • "Sur le Yangzi"@en
  • "Sur le Yangzi"
  • "長江"
  • "Yan jiang er shang"@en
  • "Yan jian er shang"
  • "Chang jiang"@en

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  • "A luxury cruise boat motors up the Yangtze - navigating the mythic waterway known in China simply as "The River." The Yangtze is about to be transformed by the biggest hydroelectric dam in history. At the river's edge - a young woman says goodbye to her family as the floodwaters rise towards their small homestead. The Three Gorges Dam - contested symbol of the Chinese economic miracle - provides the epic backdrop for Up the Yangtze, a dramatic feature documentary on life inside modern China."
  • "Follows the Shiu family as their home is destroyed by the rising waters of China's Yangtze River, a consequence of the Three Gorges Project, the largest hydroelectric dam in history. Among the two million losing their livelihood to the dam, the Yu family must send their daugher, Yu Shui, off to her new job with Fairwell Cruises, a tourist enterprise offering a final glimpse of the legendary river before it disappears forever. As Yu Shui toils in the galley below, the Western passengers enjoy their cruise and take in the spectral views. Meanwhile, Yu Shui's parents assemble their possessions as the floodwaters rise."
  • "Sur la rivière Yangzi, qui sera sous peu complètement transformée par la construction du barrage des Trois Gorges, vogue un luxueux bateau de croisière. À bord, Yu Shui, 16 ans, l'aînée d'une famille de paysans pauvres et analphabètes, travaille à la plonge. À l'instar de deux millions de Chinois, dont plusieurs victimes des exactions de fonctionnaires brutaux et corrompus, les parents de l'adolescente devront quitter la rive, où ils habitent, avant la montée des eaux, qui engloutiront au passage nombre de temples et vestiges de la culture millénaire du pays. Tandis que Yu Shui se morfond dans la cuisine du bateau, l'arrogant Chen Bo Yu, fils unique d'une famille de la classe moyenne, profite des largesses de la clientèle, essentiellement composée de touristes occidentaux. [(c) Médiafilm]. Contient, entre autres, une entrevue avec le réalisateur. [SDM]."
  • "A luxury cruise boat motors up the Yangtze - navigating the mythic waterway known in China simply as 'the river.' See it while you can. The Yangtze is about to be transformed by the biggest hydroelectric dam in history. At the river's edge - a young woman says goodbye to her family as the floodwaters rise towards their small homestead. The Three Gorges Dam - contested symbol of the Chinese economic miracle - provides the epic backdrop for Up the Yangtze, a dramatic feature documentary on life inside the 21st century Chinese dream. Chinese-Canadian filmmaker Yung Chang crafts a moving depiction of peasant life, a powerful narrative of contemporary China, and a disquieting glimpse into a future that awaits us all."
  • "A luxury cruise boat motors up the Yangtze--navigating the mythic waterway known in China simply as "The River." The Yangtze is about to be transformed by the biggest hydroelectric dam in history. At the river's edge--a young woman says goodbye to her family as the floodwaters rise towards their small homestead. The Three Gorges Dam--contested symbol of the Chinese economic miracle--provides the epic backdrop for Up the Yangtze, a dramatic feature documentary on life inside modern China."@en
  • "Life surrounding the Yangtze is changing due to the Three Gorges Dam. Filmmaker Yung Chang goes on a farewell cruise that traverses the gargantuan waterway. Chang follows a young girl who works as a dishwasher aboard the ship to provide for her family."@en
  • "Life that surrounds the Yangtze is changing due to the Three Gorges Dam. Filmmaker Yung Chang goes on a farewell cruise that traverses the gargantuan waterway."@en
  • "Indiqué sur la jaquette : Dans le cadre du plus ambitieux projet de construction mis en œuvre depuis la Grande Muraille, la Chine a entrepris d'aménager le Yangzi, mythique voie navigable que les Chinois appellent "le fleuve", par le barrage des Trois-Gorges. Ce barrage, le plus colossal au monde, est le symbole à la fois titanesque, et vivement contesté, du miracle économique chinois. Il constitue la toile de fond de ce long métrage documentaire, somptueux et inquiétant, sur la vie au coeur du rêve chinois du 21e siècle. Grâce à des prises de vues étonnantes, le cinéaste sino-canadien Yung Chang, juxtapose l'histoire des derniers paysans vivant encore au bord du fleuve, aux forces monumentales des eaux qui montent autour d'eux et engloutissent les terres. Le luxueux bateau de croisière qui remonte le Yangzi propose un dernier regard sur une civilisation légendaire, avant que celle-ci ne disparaisse à jamais. Il glisse au milieu d'un paysage radicalement transformé, où les sites anciens et vénérés cèdent la place aux tours clinquantes qui se multiplient pour former l'avenir au néon de la Chine."
  • ""A luxury cruise boat motors up the Yangtze - navigating the mythic waterway known in China simply as "The River." The Yangtze is about to be transformed by the biggest hydroelectric dam in history. At the river's edge - a young woman says goodbye to her family as the floodwaters rise towards their small homestead. The Three Gorges Dam - contested symbol of the Chinese economic miracle - provides the epic backdrop for Up the Yangtze, a dramatic feature documentary on life inside modern China" --Container."
  • "Director Yung Chang uses the construction of China's massive Three Gorges Dam as a springboard to better understanding the social hierarchies and changing times in his homeland in this documentary focusing on the luxury cruise ship that carries predominately Western tourists down the Yangtze River. Constructed as a symbol of modern progress in China, the Three Gorges Dam has forced millions of common people out of their ancestral homes, and will soon swallow up numerous nearby towns and villages. Despite the fact that the government has funded alternative housing for the dislocated families, however, many citizens make their way to higher ground feeling as if they have been duped by the powers that be. In order to truly understand how this affects the people, Chang focuses on telling the stories of middle-class scion Chen Bo Yu (renamed "Jerry" by the cruise line) and Yu Shui (who answers to the call of "Cindy" while on duty). As the ship sets sail, this hard-working pair do their best to familiarize themselves with Western social cues, striving to perform to the best of their abilities, and ponder the prospects of a brighter future."@en
  • "A "farewell cruise" takes a luxury ship up the vast Yangtze River shortly before completion of the massive Three Gorges Dam. The passengers glimpse a rapidly changing countryside, while the local people struggle to adapt as their lives are irrevocably altered."@en
  • "A "farewell cruise" takes a luxury ship up the vast Yangtze River shortly before completion of the massive Three Gorges Dam. The passengers glimpse a rapidly changing countryside, while the local people struggle to adapt as their lives are irrevocably altered."
  • "Life surrounding the Yangtze is changing due to the Three Gorges Dam. Filmmaker Yung Chang goes on a farewell cruise that traverses the gargantuan waterway."@en
  • "Life surrounding the Yangtze is changing due to the Three Gorges Dam. Filmmaker Yung Chang goes on a farewell cruise that traverses the gargantuan waterway."
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  • "Up the Yangtze a Yung Chang film"@en
  • "Up the Yangtze [dvd]"
  • "Up the Yangtze Sur le Yangzi"@en
  • "Up the Yangtze Sur le Yangzi"
  • "Up the Yangtze"@en
  • "Up the Yangtze"
  • "Up the Yangtze (Motion picture)"
  • "Up the Yangtze Yan jiang er shang"@en
  • "Up the yangtze [dvd]"
  • "Up the Yangtze 沿江而上"

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