Movie

La Chinoise

1967 · 96 min

A playful yet intellectually dense collage of political debate and youthful posturing, mixing satire with a creeping sense of doom.

Tagline: A movie in the making.
Overview: A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world and how to change the world to a Maoistic community using terrorism.
How it feels: Satirical, absurd, cynical and tense. Measured and demanding.
About: Politics, identity, obsession, class
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: satiricalstrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
identity
obsession
class
violence
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild