The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink
Director: Murray Grigor
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."
Cast
Marina Abramović
Herself
Ulay
Himself
Bao Xing
Calligrapher
Sedar Chazam
Voice
Wu Xiao Ming
Voice
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The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink (1989) is a romance, documentary film. The film has not yet gathered many viewer ratings. The film runs 1h 5min. Check current streaming availability in the "Where to watch" section above.
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The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink runs 65 minutes (1h 5min).
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The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink was released in 1989.
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