The best Chen Kaige’s documentary movies

Chen Kaige

Chen Kaige

12/08/1952 (71 años)
Today we present the best Chen Kaige’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Chen Kaige’s movies.

A Special Day

A Special Day
6.3/10
a film that premiered at the cannes film festival

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
7/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 04/06/1998
  • Character: Himself
This highly personal film essay demonstrates that Chinese cinema has dealt with questions of gender and sexuality more frankly and provocatively than any other national cinema. Yang ± Yin examines male bonding and phallic imagery in the swordplay and kung fu movies of the '60s and '70s; homosexuality; same-sex bonding and physical intimacy; the continuing emphasis on women's grievances in melodramas; and the phenomenon of Yam Kim-Fai, a Hong Kong actress who spent her life portraying men on and off the screen.

New Chinese Cinema

New Chinese Cinema
Tony Rayns presents the work of the 'Fifth Generation' and other innovative filmmakers who emerged during the 1980s in China.

Shiny Stars, Rusty Red

Shiny Stars, Rusty Red
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 01/01/2003
  • Character: Himself
Meet Wang Yuelun, a young and ambitious Chinese who dreams of becoming a film director. Filmmaker Elisabeth O. Sjaastad follows an eventful year in his quest to fulfill his dream.

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