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Heaven and Earth

2016 · 399 min

A long, patient sit: bureaucratic documents sung as opera, turning a dry legal fight into something strange, formal and quietly stubborn.

Directed by
Ai Weiwei
Genres
Music
Overview
A Henan opera based on the complete recording of a lawsuit filed against the Beijing Local Taxation Bureau by Ai Weiwei's Fake Cultural Development Ltd, which had been fined a sum of RMB15.22 million in tax penalties for alleged tax evasion.
How it feels
Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Justice, power, corruption, art
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance0
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity8
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    music
    Directed by
    Ai Weiwei
    Runtime
    399 min
    Country
    China
    Languages
    Mandarin

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