The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink
1989
65 min
Overview
In the twilight years of the Cultural Revolution, a Chinese filmmaker slowly becoming blind tours the country screening her last film to peasants. In it, the woman imagines two "alien" lovers walking from end-to-end along the Great Wall to join each other in the middle, one last time. This documentary is an adaptation of Ulay and Marina Abramovic's final collaborative project, the 1988 performance "The Lovers: The Great Wall Walk."
Genres
Romance
Documentary
Production Countries
- United Kingdom
- China
Spoken Languages
- English en
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Cast
Marina Abramović
Herself
Ulay
Himself
Bao Xing
Calligrapher
Sedar Chazam
Voice
Wu Xiao Ming
Voice
Crew
Ulay
Writer
Eduardo Lipschutz-Villa
Producer
Murray Grigor
Director
Mei Hong Fu
Music
Barbara Grigor
Producer
Murray Grigor
Writer
David McNiven
Music
Marina Abramović
Writer
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