Sir Ian McKellen reads the poetry, Michael Wood traces the journey on the ground. Together they conjure up the extraordinary life, times and words of China’s greatest poet, Du Fu. In this film, the first to ever be made about Du Fu in the west, Michael follows his tracks by road, train and riverboat. Along the way, he meets ordinary people, dancers and musicians, who help to tell the amazing story of a poet whose words have resonated through the centuries, describing the experiences of ordinary people caught up in war, corruption, famine and natural disasters. "I am one of the privileged. If my life is so bitter, then how much worse is the life of the common people?"
Directed by Rebecca Dobbs
Your score–
Not scoredImages
Cast
Related
Bruce Lee, the Legend
Come See Me in the Good Light
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
I Am Heath Ledger
Naqoyqatsi
Gilbert
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Tongues Untied
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
South of the Border
Powaqqatsi
The Curse of the Dragon
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
To Kill a Tiger
Love, Marilyn