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Coronavirus: The Beijing Quarantine Diaries

2020 · 37 min

A sober, immersive look at a locked-down city, conveying unease and isolation through empty streets and state control.

Directed by
Mathias Lavergne, Camille Toulmé
Genres
Documentary, Tv movie
Starring
Sébastien Le Belzic
Overview
Beijing, China, 2020. Empty streets, mandatory masks, checkpoints, the entire state apparatus used to impose severe restrictions on population movements. An entire country quarantined to fight a fierce epidemic…

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Directed by
Mathias Lavergne, Camille Toulmé
Genres
Documentary, Tv movie
Starring
Sébastien Le Belzic
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • survival
  • power
  • politics
  • freedom
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism10
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
documentary, tv movie
Directed by
Mathias Lavergne, Camille Toulmé, Anthony Dufour, Sébastien Le Belzic
Written by
Sébastien Le Belzic
Starring
Sébastien Le Belzic
Cinematography
Sébastien Le Belzic
Runtime
37 min
Country
France
Languages
Mandarin, French

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