The Paper

2000

1h 7m

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Drama

Overview

The story is set in a small village in South-Eastern China, during the Cultural Revolution. A teenager is bored and spends most of his time hanging around in the street. An old man, a widower, earns his money making artistic paper shapes of people, animals, vehicles, and other things. It is an old custom to burn these pieces of paper as a sacrifice to the dead — but in the years of the Cultural Revolution, this was regarded as superstition, and banned. The old man uses dazibao, propaganda posters, and secretly makes them into figures that should be burnt on his death. One day, the teenager accompanies the old man to his house and finds out the old man's secret. A bond ensues between the two. The boy finds out that the man once had a daughter, Qingqing, who was hit in the forties by a stray bullet. Since then, he has always dreamt about the beauty of Qingqing.

Status: Released

Language: ZH

Production Information

Production Companies

DB Productions

Production Countries

China

Spoken Languages

Mandarin

Quick Facts

Original Title	纸
Release Date	January 1, 2000
Status	Released
Language	ZH

Cast

Key Crew

Ding Jiancheng

Writer

Shan Dongbing

Producer

Ding Jiancheng

Director

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