A Portrait of Mr. Huang

A Portrait of Mr. Huang (2009)

黄老老拍案

Part of Qiu Jiongjiong’s 'chatterbox' oral history trilogy, this short documentary focuses on current storyteller and ex-cop Huang Songnian. Qiu playfully splices montage cuts between Huang’s wildly entertaining, sometimes very dark stories of intrepid forensic police work (including a super queasy tale of maggots and a body, and another of rural cannibalism), and disruptive yet oddly suitable Sichuan opera excerpts, pigeon portraits, and Qiu’s charming chalk drawings.

Date of release
2009-12-24
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
40m
Director
Qiu Jiongjiong

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