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One Child Nation

2019 · 88 min

A sobering, deeply personal documentary that confronts painful history with quiet urgency, leaving a lingering sense of grief and unease.

Tagline
The truth beyond the propaganda.
Overview
Through interviews with both victims and instigators, Nanfu Wang, a first-time mother, breaks open decades of silence on a vast, unprecedented social experiment that shaped — and destroyed — countless lives in China.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • family
  • politics
  • trauma
  • memory
  • power
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror2
Humour1
Realism10
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Zhang Jialing, Nanfu Wang
Starring
Nanfu Wang, Jiaoming Pang, Brian Stuy, Longlan Stuy
Music
Chris Ruggiero, Nathan Halpern
Cinematography
Yuanchen Liu, Nanfu Wang
Runtime
88 min
Country
France, Germany, United States of America
Languages
Mandarin, French, English

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