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How Yukong Moved the Mountains (French: Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes) is a series of 12 documentary films directed by Marceline Loridan-Ivens and Joris Ivens about the Cultural Revolution. Ivens and his partner Loridan worked on the film between 1972 and 1974, and it was finally released in France in 1976. The film's title refers to Yugong Yishan, an ancient fable about the virtues of perseverance and willpower. At 763 minutes, it is one of the longest theatrical films by running time.

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How Yukong Moved the Mountains
Directed by	Joris Ivens Marceline Loridan
Release date	10 March 1976 (1976-03-10) (Paris) [1]
Running time	763 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Contents

For English-language distribution, the film was shown in five feature-length parts:[2]

1. A Woman, A Family; Rehearsal at the Peking Opera[nb 1]
2. The Fishing Village; The Football Incident;[nb 2] Training at the Peking Circus
3. The Pharmacy; Traditional Handicrafts;[nb 3] An Army Camp[nb 4]
4. The Generator Factory; Professor Tsien
5. The Oilfields;[nb 5] Impressions of a City - Shanghai

Reception

The segment The Football Incident was awarded Best Documentary Short at the 1977 César Awards.

See also

• List of longest films by running time

Notes

References

External links

• How Yukong Moved the Mountains at IMDb

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