Workers, peasants, soldiers, students and merchants were five groups of Chinese society in the 1950s, after the so-called elimination of the exploited class. Borrowing this concept, the umbrella is taken as the clue to rediscover changes in various social classes after the economic reform, and to analyze the social problems in China. Workers making umbrellas, merchants selling umbrellas, students looking for jobs in the rain. Umbrella is used as a metaphor that can be seen everywhere. As the raindrop, what we see is sometimes clear, sometimes untraceable.
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3 people
Du Haibin Director
United States release January 1, 2009 · Produced in China · Original title 伞
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China
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Original title
伞
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
Italy · September 2, 2007
Theatrical
United States · January 1, 2009
Theatrical · Icarus Films / dGenerate Films
Hong Kong SAR China
September 29, 2007 · Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
Netherlands
November 24, 2007 · Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival
Switzerland
August 16, 2009 · Locarno Film Festival
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