The Chinese Mayor

2015

1h 29m

8.0

8.0/10

26 votes • View on IMDb

Overview

Once the thriving capital of Imperial China, the city of Datong now lies in near ruins. Not only is it the most polluted city in the country, it is also crippled by decrepit infrastructure and even shakier economic prospects. But Mayor Geng Yanbo plans to change all that, announcing a bold, new plan to return Datong to its former glory, the cultural haven it was some 1,600 years ago. Such declarations, however, come at a devastatingly high cost. Thousands of homes are to be bulldozed, and a half-million of its residents (30 percent of Datong’s total population) will be relocated under his watch. Whether he succeeds depends entirely on his ability to calm swarms of furious workers and an increasingly perturbed ruling elite. The Chinese Mayor captures, with remarkable access, a man and, by extension, a country leaping frantically into an increasingly unstable future.

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Status: Released

Language: ZH

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Production Information

Production Companies

赵琦工作室

Production Countries

China

Spoken Languages

Mandarin

Quick Facts

Original Title	大同
Release Date	March 6, 2015
Status	Released
Language	ZH
IMDb ID	tt4056808

Cast

Geng Yanbo

Himself

Key Crew

Zhou Hao

Director

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