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Behemoth

2015 · 95 min

A slow, haunting plunge into an industrial wasteland, more like a grim poem than a report, leaving you unsettled and heavy long after.

Directed by
Zhao Liang
Genres
Documentary
Overview
Under the sun, the heavenly beauty of grasslands will soon be covered by the raging dust of mines. Facing the ashes and noises caused by heavy mining , the herdsmen have no choice but to leave as the meadow areas dwindle. In the moonlight, iron mines are brightly lit throughout the night. Workers who operate the drilling machines must stay awake. The fight is tortuous, against the machine and against themselves. Meanwhile, coal miners are busy filling trucks with coals. Wearing a coal-dust mask, they become ghostlike creatures. An endless line of trucks will transport all the coals and iron ores to the iron works. There traps another crowd of souls, being baked in hell. In the hospital, time hangs heavy on miners' hands. After decades of breathing coal dust, death is just around the corner. They are living the reality of purgatory, but there will be no paradise.

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Directed by
Zhao Liang
Genres
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • environment
    • work
    • class
    • death
    • corruption
    Places
    • countryside
    • workplace
    • hospital
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror5
    Humour0
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension6
    Darkness9
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight9

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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Zhao Liang
    Runtime
    95 min
    Country
    China, France
    Languages
    Mandarin

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