Award-winning filmmaker Yung Chang returns to China for another riveting documentary on that country's ever-changing economic landscape-this time through the lens of sports. In China Heavyweight, Chang follows the charismatic Qi Moxiang, a former boxing star and state coach who recruits young fighting talent from the impoverished farms and villages across Sichuan province. A select few boys (and girls) are sent to national training centers, with the hope of discovering China's next Olympic heroes. But will these potential boxing champions leave it all behind to be the next Mike Tyson? Their rigorous training, teenage trials and family tribulations are expertly intertwined with Coach Qi's own desire to get back in the ring for one more shot at victory. -- (C) ZeitgeistRelease Date China Heavyweight Jul 6, 2012 Limited
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Actors For China Heavyweight
Yunfei Miao,Moxiang Qi,Ye Xinchun,Master Zhao Zhong,Zongli He,Zhong ZhaoGenres China Heavyweight : Documentary,Art House & International,Special Interest
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All Critics Ranting For China Heavyweight : 7.2
All Critics Count For China Heavyweight : 20
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Movie Overview For China Heavyweight
In southwestern China, state athletic coaches scour the countryside to recruit poor, rural teenagers who demonstrate a natural ability to throw a good punch. Moved into boxing training centers, these boys and girls undergo a rigorous regimen that grooms them to be China’s next Olympic heroes but also prepares them for life outside the ring. As these young boxers develop, the allure of turning professional for personal gain and glory competes with the main philosophy behind their training â€" to represent their country. Interconnected with their story is that of their charismatic coach, Qi Moxiang, who â€" now in his late thirties and determined to win back lost honor â€" trains for a significant fight.TagLine China Heavyweight
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Review For China Heavyweight
This ain't no Rocky, and your take-aways are mostly about Chinese family and social customs.Claude Peck-Minneapolis Star Tribune
Focuses on the stories of three boxers and weaves them into a compelling narrative that rivals anything Hollywood could script.
Janice Page-Boston Globe
Yung seems to anticipate real-life emotional beats and positions his camera at exactly the right moments, yet nothing seems artificial or scripted. The result is an unexpectedly tender film about the price of coming into one's own.
Tom Keogh-Seattle Times
The documentary is fluid, detailed and well photographed by Sun Shaoguang.
Mark Jenkins-Washington Post
Perhaps by focusing on something that is so much an individual sport, Chang creates a deep sense of tension between singular people and the bigger concerns of history, the team or country.
Mark Olsen-Los Angeles Times
China Heavyweight is an uneasy mixture of familiar sports doc tropes and sociological portraiture.
Frank Scheck-Hollywood Reporter
Award-winning filmmaker Yung Chang returns to China for another unexpectedly lyrical snapshot of that country's rapidly changing economic and cultural landscapes.
Brent Simon-Shockya.com
A useful reminder that China's efforts to "catch up" with the West includes a descent into savagery.
Louis Proyect-rec.arts.movies.reviews
Although we never really get to know He or Miao, despite following them around vérité-style, director Yung Chang expertly captures the rays of Western culture bouncing off them.
Kalvin Henely-Slant Magazine
Portrait[s] of the individual determination and nationalistic fervor that seems to driv[e] China to the top in so many fields surmounts the sameness of this universal story.
Nora Lee Mandel-Film-Forward.com
This vibrant documentary about young rural Chinese boxers has many of the hallmarks of greatness but keeps its subjects at too much of a remove to achieve it.
Chris Barsanti-Film Journal International
When China Heavyweight goes all Rocky in a climactic bout, it feels like it's lurching to life for the first time.
Norman Wilner-NOW Toronto
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