About
A Long Way Home takes us on a fascinating journey into both the grim days of recent Chinese history and the dazzling cultural scene in present-day China. The film centers around five of the most significant representatives of contemporary Chinese counterculture: the visual artists the Gao Brothers, the choreographer and dancer Wen Hui, the animation artist Pi San and the poet Ye Fu. With bravery and subversive wit, they each shed light on the social problems in their country from their unique perspective. Their vision is of a democratic and humane civil society, and, increasingly, their struggle seems as relevant for the world today as it is for China.
Extras:
Interview with Luc Schaedler at Dharamshala International Film Festival (4:45 min)
Ye Fu - On Writing His First Poems (3:30 min)
Wen Hui - Are You A Proletarian? (2:30 min)
Pi San - On Leaving the Country (1 min)
Pi San - Blow Up School (original Kuang Kuang clip) (7:45 min)
Gao Shen - On His Long Way Home (1:30 min)
Credits
With
Gao Zhen
Gao Qiang
Wen Hui
Pi San
Ye Fu
Editing
Kathrin Plüss
Marina Wernli
Martin Witz
Camera & Sound
Luc Schaedler
Production
Go Between Films Gmbh
Luc Schaedler, Josy Meier
In Co-Production With
Recycled Tv Ag
Peter Guyer, Madeleine Corbat
SRF – Swiss Radio and Television
Editorial Office Pacte, Urs Augstburger
Editorial Office Sternstunden, Denise Chervet
Editorial Office 3Sat, Rajan Autze
Color Grading
Peter Guyer
Ueli Müller
Music
Oli Kuster
Peter Von Siebenthal
Sound Design & Sound Editing
Peter Von Siebenthal, Projektstudio Gmbh
Sound Mix
Denis Séchaud, Sds
Peter Von Siebenthal
Editing Consultants
Peter Guyer
Anka Schmid
Trainee, Stagiaire
Song Yunlong
With The Support Of
Stage Pool Focal, Ernst Göhner Foundation
Graphics, Poster
Gerhard Blättler
Treatment Consultants
Josy Meier
Martin Witz
Sound Consultant
Dieter Meyer
Technical Support
Reto Stamm
Ueli Müller
Accountant
Roland Stampfli
Translators
Song Yunlong
Misha Kavka
Subtitles
Song Yunlong
Misha Kavka
Babelfisch Translations
With Special Thanks
Liu Zhuying
Zou Xueping
Li Xinmin
Jang Fan
Anka Schmid
Reto Tischhauser
Frank Braun
Iocco Cappellari
Franziska Reck
Swiss Films
Catherine Ann Berger
Selina Willemse
Aida Suljicic
Wide House, Anais Clanet
Photography of China, Marine Cabos
Ragged Banner Press, Andrew E. Clark
Xenix Filmdistribution, Cyril Thurston
With The Kind Support Of
Federal Office Of Culture – Foc
Zurich Film Fund
Cultural Foundation Suissimage
Swisslos, Culture Canton Of Berne
Éducation21, Films For One World
Ubs Culture Foundation
Xenix Filmdistribution
Volkart Foundation
Succès Passage Antenne
Stage Pool Focal, Ernst Göhner Foundation
Gret Steiner
Gao Brothers, Art Work & Photos
Television
Our Parents
Confrontation
Sense Of Space
The Road To Dawn
The Passage Of Time
Arresting Prostitutes
Mass In Tiananmen Square
The Forever Unfinished Building
Double Portraits – Hitler, Mao, Stalin
The Utopia Of The 20 Minute Embrace
Standard Hair Style – Mao Tsetung, Deng Xiaoping,
Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao
© Gao Brothers
Pi San, Kuang Kuang Series
Dime
38th Parallel
Blow Up The School
© Pi San
Wen Hui, Performance
Red
© Wen Hui
Ye Fu, Essays
Education In Cruelty, 2006
Requiem For A Landlord, 2005
© Ye Fu
Research Inspired By
Morning Sun, 2003
China: A Century of Revolution, 1997
The Gate of Heavenly Peace, 1995
The Red Detachement of Women, 1961
Archival Footage Tiananmen
CNN Collection
ABC News Videosource
Screenocean, Reuters
Archival Footage Cultural Revolution
© Li Zhensheng, Photos Of Cultural Revolution
Long Bow Group Archive
Archive.org
© Go Between Films Gmbh & Recycled TV Ag
Learning Resources
