Once Upon A Time Proletarian: 12 Tales Of A Country 2009

”This country is shit!” complains one old peasant farmer. His disillusionment with the Communist ideals of the past is echoed by other peasants, workers and even managers shown in this succinct visual essay about modern China by the director of She, A Chinese. From corruption to the pursuit of money, this is the new socio-economic reality, told in twelve parts and framed by sequences of children telling punchy and comic anecdotes. Though the less fortunate are pessimistic of their future, the wealthier ones have embraced their new reality.