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Alex Morgan
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5 min ago
★★★★★4/5

Just finished watching this. Visuals were stunning but the pacing felt a bit off in the second half. Still worth a watch!

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Daniel Cooper
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2 days ago
★★★★★2/5

I don't get the hype. The plot was predictable and the characters felt flat. It seems like style over substance to me. Maybe I missed something, but I was bored throughout.

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Priya Sharma
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15 days ago
★★★★★5/5

An absolute masterpiece. The director managed to weave complex themes into a compelling narrative without it feeling forced. The cinematography is some of the best I've seen in years. Truly a cinematic experience that stays with you.

The Man Who Defied Beijing
6.5
0h 59m

The Man Who Defied Beijing

A portrait of Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), a witness of the Tiananmen Square massacre (1989), a dissident, a woodpecker who tirelessly pecked the putrid brain of the Communist regime for decades, demanding democracy loudly and fearlessly. Silenced, arrested, convicted, imprisoned, dead. Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2010, alive forever. These are his last words.

Awards & Recognition

No awards information available.

Top Cast

Perry Link

Perry Link

Self - Sinologist and Liu's Translator

Hao Jian

Hao Jian

Self - Film Critic and Screenwriter

Jean-Philippe Béja

Jean-Philippe Béja

Self - Sinologist

Xu Youyu

Xu Youyu

Self - Philosopher

Andrew Nathan

Andrew Nathan

Self - Sinologist

Bei Ling

Bei Ling

Self - Poet

Hu Ping

Hu Ping

Self - Journalist

Wu'er Kaixi

Wu'er Kaixi

Self - Student Leader (1989)

Liao Yiwu

Liao Yiwu

Self - Writer

Yu Jie

Yu Jie

Self - Essayist

Overview

The Man Who Defied Beijing (2019) is rated ⭐ 6.5/10.
A portrait of Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), a witness of the Tiananmen Square massacre (1989), a dissident, a woodpecker who tirelessly pecked the putrid brain of the Communist regime for decades, demanding democracy loudly and fearlessly. Silenced, arrested, convicted, imprisoned, dead. Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2010, alive forever. These are his last words.

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