The Great Wall: Lovers at the Brink (1989)

• Romance
• Documentary

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."

Release date

January 1, 1989

Runtime

1h 05m

Language

English

Director

Murray Grigor

Status

Released