Watermarks - Three Letters from China (2014)
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.
Director: Luc Schaedler
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Wei Guancai as self |
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Wei Jihua as self |
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Li Yuming as self |
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Li Yunchuang as self |
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Chen Chaomei as self |
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Liu Xueqin as self |
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Wang Yu as self |
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Chen Zaifu as self |
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Wu Dengming as self |
| Directing | Luc Schaedler | Director |
| Production | Luc Schaedler | Producer |
| Crew | Luc Schaedler | Cinematography |
| Visual Effects | Patrick Lindenmaier | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Roland Widmer | Sound Designer |
| Editing | Martin Witz | Editor |
| Sound | Dieter Lengacher | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Markus Schiesser | Sound |
| Production | Urs Augstburger | Producer |
| Writing | Luc Schaedler | Author |