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Traces of a Dragon

Original title: Long de shen chu: Shi luo de pin tu
  • 20032003
  • 1h 34m
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Jackie Chan in Long de shen chu: Shi luo de pin tu (2003)
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A surprising look at the past of movie star Jackie Chan and the difficulties of Chinese families during the Culture Revolution.A surprising look at the past of movie star Jackie Chan and the difficulties of Chinese families during the Culture Revolution.A surprising look at the past of movie star Jackie Chan and the difficulties of Chinese families during the Culture Revolution.
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  • Director
    • Mabel Cheung
  • Stars
    • Jackie Chan
    • Kristina Cepraga
    • Yuk-Lan Chan
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    • Mabel Cheung
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    • Jackie Chan
    • Kristina Cepraga
    • Yuk-Lan Chan
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    Fang Daolong
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    Shi-De Fang
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    Shi-Sheng Fang
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    A surprising look at the past of movie star Jackie Chan and the difficulties of Chinese families during the Culture Revolution.
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    • chinese history
    • family relationships
    • cultural revolution
    • china
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    • Connections
      Edited from The Young Master (1980)
    • Soundtracks
      Can't Help Falling In Love
      composed by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore and George David Weiss

      performed by Jackie Chan

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    7/10
    Chan the Man
    As the Chinese proverb has it, a tree may grow sky high, but its leaves fall back to its roots. In Traces Of A Dragon, directors Mabel Cheung and Alex Law document how Jackie Chan re-traced his roots and those of his father, Chan Chi-Long (real name Fang Daolong) - whose story makes up the backbone of this remarkable 'home movie'.

    In 1999, having always assumed he was the only child of a cook and a housemaid, Jackie was surprised to learn that not only was he just one of numerous siblings, but also that his kung-fu fighting father had a previous life as a Shanghai gangster - then as a hit-man for statesman and Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek.

    His mother, meanwhile, whose failing health precipitated his father's belated confessions, had been an opium dealer known locally as the 'Third Sister', whose idea of fun was striding into a casino with a horse whip.

    The product of a Brady Bunch-style marriage between these two extreme personalities, Jackie was separated from his parents aged eight after they emigrated to Australia, spending the next 10 years in a Peking Opera school. So his shock and bemusement as the irascible rogue relates these tales is genuine, particularly when Fang describes his narrowly-avoided decapitation by the Japanese ("They cut off nine heads! The neck shrunk into the body!"), accompanied by graphic stills.

    The film's narrative often becomes overwhelming, as it encompasses decades of political upheaval caused by the Sino-Japanese War, World War II and the Cultural Revolution, during which entire families were torn apart. But the emotive moments as the disbelieving star comes to grips with his heritage render the historical immensely personal. This is especially true in the final scenes, as Fang hunkers down among his sons and their relatives for a long-overdue family portrait. An old man finally at peace.
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    • Release date
      • August 22, 2003 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • Hong Kong
    • Official site
      • Fortissimo Films Information (Netherlands)
    • Language
      • Cantonese
    • Also known as
      • 龍的深處--失落的拼圖
    • Production company
      • Jackie & Willie Productions
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      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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