Up The Yangtze Page #4

Synopsis: A luxury cruise boat motors up the Yangtze - navigating the mythic waterway known in China simply as "The River." The Yangtze is about to be transformed by the biggest hydroelectric dam in history. At the river's edge - a young woman says goodbye to her family as the floodwaters rise towards their small homestead. The Three Gorges Dam - contested symbol of the Chinese economic miracle - provides the epic backdrop for Up the Yangtze, a dramatic feature documentary on life inside modern China.
Genre: Documentary
Director(s): Yung Chang
Production: Zeitgeist Films
  14 wins & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
84
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
NOT RATED
Year:
2007
93 min
$605,037
Website
141 Views


Seeing is believing.

Would you like to have a look

with your own eyes?

I have been doing this

for almost half-a-month now.

The weather has been dry.

You can't get any income

from farming.

You can't grow anything

in the land.

When the Three Gorges gate

closes,

the water level will soon rise

and the farmland

will be flooded.

I'll have to earn

some extra cash

to pay for my kids' studies

and to live.

No money if I stay home.

It's coming, coming, coming.

Watch out!

Watch out, watch out!

I don't like these

with the hood.

Let me find you a larger one.

That's kind of small.

How about you just try it on?

Just put it on, okay?

Just put it on.

Can we try it?

Here we go.

Just hang your clothes up there.

It's kind of tight.

It's not revealing!

That's not revealing.

She didn't

clip the button properly.

Don't slouch.

You have to put the sleeves

like this. To this side.

That's nice.

Yes, it's better

than the other one.

Like that!

She should straighten

her shoulders!

That will look much better.

Yeah, that's better.

It's nice. How much is it?

It's 148 yuan

with a 20 percent discount.

Help me calculate.

How about a little cheaper?

How about 100 yuan?

Okay.

Mom!

You're early.

When did you come?

- I've just come down.

- Just come down.

This must be your father!

Your parents, right?

Nice to meet you.

My name is Zheng.

How about we go on the boat

for a little sit-down?

- That's not necessary.

- It's nothing. Let's go.

Let's go have

a look around, okay?

- Okay.

- Yes, come. Come.

I'm sorry if my daughter

is too young and disobedient...

Hopefully you can tolerate her.

You have a nice view

from the bar.

Employees need to speak English.

Little Yu

is working hard to learn.

Yes, that's for sure.

The kind of thing

she always wants to learn.

The situation is impossible

because of

our family's condition.

Now that she's on the boat

she might need

a lot of help from you.

As for herself, unlike others,

she doesn't mess around

that much.

She's never had

a chance to go out

and see the world before.

This is her first time.

It's a big step forward.

To deal with Western customers,

from developed countries,

that's a big change.

You should have confidence

in yourself and your daughter.

Confidence to believe

that things are changing.

The dreams you cannot fulfill

can be fulfilled

through you daughter,

through her hard work,

and the progress of society.

Don't worry!

- Say goodbye to your parents.

- Goodbye.

- Be good!

- Okay.

Listen to your manager.

Work hard.

Let's go.

I'll see you later.

I pray to the Holy Father

It's a blessing

to believe in God

I pray everyday

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Yung Chang

Yung Chang (born 1977) is a Chinese Canadian film director and was part of the collective member directors of Canadian film production firm EyeSteelFilm. more…

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