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Xu Zheng: How a filmmaker holds up a mirror to the country

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Published: August 28th, 2024,
Last updated: September 14th, 2024

Xu Zheng at a screening of his film „Upstream“ in a Hangzhou cinema on August 13, 2024.

„Upstream“ (逆行人生) is the movie of the summer in China. Directed by Xu Zheng, one of the country’s best-known directors and actors, the film sheds light on the lives of food delivery workers and highlights China’s pressing economic problems. The film has been causing a stir on social media for weeks.

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