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The Crack

The Crack

Jan 01, 2002

Rated 8 out of 10

Director

Li Wake

Overview

CIFA (the Chinese Independent Film Archive) has recently helped restore The Crack, a low-budget independent film made on 35mm, which has been screened only four times to a small circle in China since its completion in 2000. This semi-autobiographical film, set during the Cultural Revolution, provides the missing link between the roots-seeking and scar literature and art of the 1980s and the performance art of the 1990s and 2000s. It grounds many of the embodied extremes of China’s famous performance art in the persistent psychosexual fetishes and neuroses produced by the extreme denial of individual desire under “mass line” socialism.

Cast of The Crack

Crew of The Crack

About The Crack

What is The Crack about?

CIFA (the Chinese Independent Film Archive) has recently helped restore The Crack, a low-budget independent film made on 35mm, which has been screened only four times to a small circle in China since its completion in 2000. This semi-autobiographical film, set during the Cultural Revolution, provides the missing link between the roots-seeking and scar literature and art of the 1980s and the…

When was The Crack released?

The Crack was released on January 1, 2002.

Who directed The Crack?

The Crack was directed by Li Wake.

Who is in the cast of The Crack?

The cast of The Crack includes Jiang Gengchen and Zhou Haodong.

Photos of The Crack