Jianlin Pan

The Muyu Middle School in Muyu, Qingchuan County, Sichuan, collapsed in the 512 Wenchuan earthquake, killing 286 students according to official statistics; but the actual death toll is not just that. The director Pan Jianlin, who has been in the area since the sixth day after the earthquake, uses interviews to contrast the different perspectives and statements of the students who escaped the disaster, the teachers who are afraid of taking responsibility, the parents who are desperate, the government officials who are hiding the facts to maintain the government's image, and the rescue workers who are on the run, creating a ridiculous tragedy that is like a Rashomon.

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A Beijing delivery boy takes a grave risk to support his sick father.

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A labourer from Anhui has been working in Beijing. In June of 2000, he went back hometown to get married. The day following the marriage, he brought his bride to Beijing and spent a night there. On the way to visit his sister, the couple was accommodated by the police without reason. From then on, the bride disappeared, and he began his search for his wife.

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A town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. A man and woman visit the town to locate their estranged spouses, and become witness to the societal changes.

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A Beijing delivery boy takes a grave risk to support his sick father.

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