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Lost Course(迷航)

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Hong Kong · 2019
2h 59m
Director Jill Li
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Genre Documentary

Lost Course chronicles a grassroots democratic movement in the southern Chinese village of Wukan. The villagers protest against the corrupt local officials before ousting them and organising elections of their own. However, after taking control of their destiny, the villagers find themselves beset by the same corruption and cynicism endemic. Following three main characters, Li reveals the complexities of their struggles, triumphs and setbacks from the inside.

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The Film Stage by Artemis Lin

After a year that’s been marked by the collective anger of the global populace facing disease and inequality, Lost Course feels particularly necessary. It’s a story that will haunt you with the question: is change possible?

80

Los Angeles Times by Robert Abele

This two-part, three-hour film is marked by immediacy and breadth, as if an on-the-fly news bulletin had naturally morphed into the richest of character-driven sagas.

80

Screen Daily by Sarah Ward

Observational yet authoritative in its approach, Li’s film first paints an inspiring picture, then a dispiriting one.

88

Slant Magazine by William Repass

What distinguishes the film from ordinary journalism, and what constitutes its intervention in reality, is a difference in timescale.

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