Watermarks - Three Letters from China

Based on three different places, the film portrays the infractions to which people living in modern day China are subjected due to rapid developments: in the deceptively idyllic Yangshuo in the rainy south; in the apocalyptic coal mining site of Wuhai in the parched north; and in Chongqing, the urban behemoth on the Yangtze River. The protagonists give their accounts of the unsurmounted past, the precarious present and their tentative steps into the future. The film thus paints a complex image of the mental state of the people in this complicated country.

Cast

Wei Guancai self

Wei Jihua self

Li Yuming self

Li Yunchuang self

Chen Chaomei self

Liu Xueqin self

Wang Yu self

Chen Zaifu self

Wu Dengming self

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