The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink

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The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink (1989)

Directed by Murray Grigor

Romance, Documentary · 1h 05m

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."

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Cast

Crew

Director
Murray Grigor
Writer
Marina Abramović, Ulay, Murray Grigor
Producer
Eduardo Lipschutz-Villa, Barbara Grigor

Details

Release date
1989-01-01
Runtime
1h 05m
Genres
Romance, Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom, China
Production
Contemporary Art Foundation