The Man Who Defied Beijing (2019)

China would like the world to forget his name

A portrait of Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), a witness of the Tiananmen Square massacre (1989), a dissident, a woodpecker who tirelessly pecked the putrid brain of the Communist regime for decades, demanding democracy loudly and fearlessly. Silenced, arrested, convicted, imprisoned, dead. Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2010, alive forever. These are his last words.

Cast (23)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

P

Perry Link

Self - Sinologist and Liu's Translator

H

Hao Jian

Self - Film Critic and Screenwriter

J

Jean-Philippe Béja

Self - Sinologist

X

Xu Youyu

Self - Philosopher

A

Andrew Nathan

Self - Sinologist

B

Bei Ling

Self - Poet

H

Hu Ping

Self - Journalist

Wu'er Kaixi

Self - Student Leader (1989)

L

Liao Yiwu

Self - Writer

Y

Yu Jie

Self - Essayist

T

Teng Biao

Self - Professor of Law

X

Xia Yeliang

Self - Economist

C

Chris May

Self - Diplomatic

L

Liu Xia

Self - Poet and Liu's Wife

Liu Xiaobo

Self - Writer and Activist (archive footage)

Mao Zedong

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Deng Xiaoping

Self - Politician (archive footage)

H

Hu Yaobang

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Mikhail Gorbachev

Self - Politician (archive footage)

L

Li Peng

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Z

Zhao Ziyang

Self - Politician (archive footage)

J

Jian Zemin

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Bill Clinton

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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