The Muyu Middle School in Muyu, Qingchuan County, Sichuan, collapsed in the 512 Wenchuan earthquake, killing 286 students according to official statistics; but the actual death toll is not just that. The director Pan Jianlin, who has been in the area since the sixth day after the earthquake, uses interviews to contrast the different perspectives and statements of the students who escaped the disaster, the teachers who are afraid of taking responsibility, the parents who are desperate, the government officials who are hiding the facts to maintain the government's image, and the rescue workers who are on the run, creating a ridiculous tragedy that is like a Rashomon.
Directed by Jianlin Pan
Your score–
Not scoredImages
Related
Come See Me in the Good Light
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Naqoyqatsi
Directed by John Ford
Birth of the Living Dead
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw
Sidney
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Trainwreck: The Real Project X
To Kill a Tiger
Casting By
The Kid Stays in the Picture