Zhao Gang — Director (6)
Shangshu Academy Witness (2010) [Movie] TMDB
上书院纪事
director: 赵刚
other title: 上书院纪事
12th May, 2008, Shangshu academy (SEMINARIUM ANNUNTIATIONIS) of Bailu town collapsed in the Wenchuan earthquake. Over a hundred years ago, French missionaries built the Catholic Seminary now known as Shangshu Academy. Tang Min, a local Catholist had a conflict with the nearby Jiang family due to economic benefit among employed clearing earthquake rubble from the site. The grudge of Jiang's family against Tang Min finally resulted in a vicious incident due to a quarrel. The father and the son of Jiang's family brutally murdered Tang Min's wife and daughter. In the face of the calamity, Tang Min was at a loss ....
This is a record about survival, development and faith. Both growth and faith are essential to human life.
This is Me (2003) [Movie] TMDB
我这样的人
director: 赵刚
other title: 我这样的人
After 5-years' observation and recording, the director screened the entire process of villager autonomy of Dongpo Village in the suburb of Chengdu under the background of urbanization and the promulgation of organic law of villager committee. The film focuses on the villagers’ growing participation in political life and the running of their village.
Why We Are Unhappy in Cities (2020) [Movie] Douban
director: 赵刚 actor: 成昊 / 王小小
other title: 我们在城市不快乐原因分析
一个年轻人的生活因为心爱的打火机的破裂而陷入了混乱:爱人离开了他,他失去了工作。年轻人拼命地寻找修理打火机的方法,想以此来修补他被毁坏的生活,但在这个过程中,打火机却丢失了。
当年轻人终于再次看到他的打火机时,他已经有了一个新生的孩子,但是看到陌生人手中的打火机,年轻人做出了铤而走险的行动……
这是一部探索人与物之间关系的电影,同时也是一个关于城市生活的寓言。
坍塌 (2012) [Movie] Douban
director: 赵刚
2008年5月12日四川汶川发生8.0级大地震,法国传教士一百年前来白鹿镇修建的天主教神学院—上书院在地震中坍塌。国家文物局计划对上书院进行重建。修建过程中,白鹿镇三代天主教教民唐敏因生活中的利益关系与邻居蒋家发生冲突,其妻子和女儿被蒋家父子残忍杀害,唐敏的信仰也随之坍塌。六年之后,坍塌的上书院重建竣工,唐敏也再婚有了一个三岁的女儿,白鹿镇的生活似乎又恢复了坍塌之前的那种平静。
A Folk Troupe (2013) [Movie] Douban
director: 赵刚
other title: 民间戏班 / 唱着活着
Eleven members of a traditional theatre troupe perform daily and live out their lives in a small playhouse in the Sichuan region of China. Their three-hour show combines various forms, from classical Chinese opera to acrobatics, and is adored by the locals. Their star actress Dandan has performed in the troupe with her mother since she was little, sharing a living space with a group of performers who share no absence of fights. Though she worries about her future, she continues to earnestly perform the heroine for her elderly audience.