China Heavyweight (2012)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 34min
- Documentary, Sport
- 11 May 2012 (Canada)
- Movie
A documentary on rural teenagers in southwestern China who are recruited as their country's next Olympic hopefuls, with a focus on the coach Qi Moxiang.
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Awards:
- 3 wins & 3 nominations.
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Cast
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Zongli He | ... |
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Yunfei Miao | ... |
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Moxiang Qi | ... |
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Ye Xinchun | ... |
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Zhong Zhao | ... |
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Directed by
| Yung Chang | ||
Written by
| Yung Chang | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
| Mila Aung-Thwin | ... | executive producer |
| Daniel Cross | ... | executive producer |
| Lixin Fan | ... | executive producer / producer |
| Yi Han | ... | producer |
| Bob Moore | ... | producer |
| Robin Smith | ... | executive producer |
| Peter Wintonick | ... | producer |
| Qi Zhao | ... | producer |
Music by
| Olivier Alary | ||
| Johannes Malfatti | ... | co-composer |
Cinematography by
| Shaoguang Sun | ||
Editing by
| Xi Feng | ||
| Hannele Halm | ||
Editorial Department
| Edmund Duff | ... | assistant editor (as Edmund John Duff) |
| Xi Feng | ... | assistant editor |
| Eric Gaudry | ... | digital intermediate colorist |
| Mette Hoffman Meyer | ... | commissioning editor: DR |
| Luo Xiaoyue | ... | assistant editor |
| Fu Zheng | ... | assistant editor |
Production Management
| Yi Han | ... | production supervisor (as Han Yi) |
| Ryan Mullins | ... | post-production supervisor |
Sound Department
| Jo Caron | ... | foley mixer |
| Liming Fan | ... | sound recordist |
| Gavin Fernandes | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Guy Francoeur | ... | foley artist |
| Marie-Christine Hébert | ... | foley assistant |
| Aaron Lakoff | ... | assistant sound editor |
| Benoit Leduc | ... | adr mixer |
| Kun Lou | ... | sound recordist: second unit |
| Isabelle Lussier | ... | re-recording assistant |
| Johannes Malfatti | ... | arranger: sound |
| Jacinthe Paiement | ... | sound post-production coordinator |
| Guy Pelletier | ... | dialogue editor |
| Vincent Riendeau | ... | re-recording assistant |
| Jean-Philippe Savard | ... | technical support |
| Kyle Stanfield | ... | sound designer / supervising sound editor |
| Ouyang Yaokun | ... | second unit: sound recordist |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Erfeng Cao | ... | gaffer assistant |
| Yung Chang | ... | additional cinematography / camera operator |
| Cao Fei | ... | gaffer assistant |
| Ma Jian | ... | additional camera operator |
| Dingding Ke | ... | additional camera operator |
| Lu Nannan | ... | gaffer assistant |
| Maya Newell | ... | assistant camera |
| Xiaoyu Niu | ... | additional camera operator |
| Mengying Pei | ... | gaffer assistant |
| Cao Qian | ... | gaffer assistant |
| Sun Shaohua | ... | gaffer |
| Shaoguang Sun | ... | camera operator |
| Liao Tao | ... | additional camera operator |
| Fu Tianxiang | ... | assistant camera |
| Shiqing Wang | ... | additional cinematography / camera operator |
| Xiaotian Wang | ... | jib assistant |
| Wang Xin | ... | assistant camera |
| Fu Xingbao | ... | assistant camera |
| Sun Xuefang | ... | gaffer assistant |
| Peng Zhang | ... | additional camera operator |
| Fei Zhao | ... | jib arm operator |
| Yongchao Zhao | ... | gaffer |
Music Department
| Olivier Alary | ... | musician |
| John Corban | ... | musician |
| Erik Hove | ... | musician (as Eric Hove) |
| Johannes Malfatti | ... | arranger / music re-recording mixer / musician |
| Bertil Schulrabe | ... | musician |
Transportation Department
| Xiaojun Li | ... | driver |
Additional Crew
| Laurent Boyé | ... | international festival publicity team: telefilm canada (as Laurent Boye) |
| Robert Gray | ... | subtitles |
| David Magdael | ... | publicist |
| Anne Stulz | ... | publicist |
Production Companies
- CNEX Foundation
- Channel 4 Television Corporation (in association with)
- Eye Steel Film
- Movie Central (in association with)
- NHK (in association with)
- Rogers Group of Funds (presents)
- Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC) (participation)
- TV5 Quebec (collaboration)
- The Movie Network (TMN) (in association with)
- Téléfilm Canada (presents)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (in association with)
- Yuan Fang Media
- ZDF/Arte
Distributors
- Zeitgeist Films (2012) (United States) (theatrical)
- ARTE (2013) (Germany) (tv)
- NHK BS1 (2012) (Japan) (tv)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2013) (Finland) (tv)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
In central China, a Master coach recruits poor rural teenagers and turns them into Western-style boxing champions. Through hard work and discipline, these boys and girls come of age, trained in the art of boxing and the game of life. They are filled with Olympic dreams, hoping to become China's next amateur heroes. But the pull of professionalism also weighs upon their shoulders. Their coach hopes to show them the way. The top student boxers face dramatic choices as they graduate - should they fight for the collective good as amateurs or for themselves and their own personal gain as professionals? It's a metaphor for the choices that everyone faces now, in the New China. Written by Anonymous |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The Chinese title, Qian Chui Bai Lian, is an old idiom that means "to be tried and tested a thousand times over." See more » |
| Quotes |
Zhong Zhao:
If you make the provincial team, you'll be China's official athletes. You'll be the country's people. Don't train hard and you'll be back home farming. Then you'll be no one but your mum's kid. See more » |