(2024, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, 152')
This is the third and final chapter of an investigation by the Chinese documentarian, who presented the previous installments at Cannes last year and at Locarno in August. The focus is on textile workers in China who move from their rural villages to work in urban factories. The director reveals their thoughts, actions, ideas, loves, and family dynamics, meticulously documenting their daily lives, including their challenges, dreams, and concerns about the future.
Wang Bing (1967), a director, producer, and cinematographer, is widely regarded as one of the leading contemporary documentarians. He made his directorial debut in 2001 with Tie Xi Qu (West of the Tracks) and has been featured at the Venice Film Festival on several occasions, winning the Horizons Award for Best Film in 2012 with San zimei and the Horizons Award for Best Screenplay in 2016 with Ku Qian.