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China Is Near (Italian: La Cina è vicina) is a 1967 Italian drama film written and directed by Marco Bellocchio. It is a satirical movie about the struggle for political and social power.
China Is Near: Directed by Marco Bellocchio. With Glauco Mauri, Elda Tattoli, Paolo Graziosi, Daniela Surina. Vittorio is running as a Socialist candidate for the municipal office, but he gets overwhelmed by love, family and political entanglements.
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- Drama
- Marco Bellocchio
- 1968-01-08
Apr 8, 2021 · China Is Near (1967/Italy; 116 min., b&w, sound); Dir. Marco Bellocchio. Cast: Glauco Mauri, Elda Tattoli. A professor shocks his Italian friends and family when he runs for office as a...
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China Is Near. A professor shocks his Italian friends and family when he runs for office as a member of the Socialist party.
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- Glauco Mauri
- Marco Bellocchio
- Comedy
A pair of working class lovers – a secretary and an accountant, scheme to marry into the rich landed gentry. Their targets are a professor, Vittorio Gordini, who is running for municipal office as a Socialist candidate, and his sister Elena,.
China Is Near (1967/Italy; 116 min., b&w, sound); Dir. Marco Bellocchio. Cast: Glauco Mauri, Elda Tattoli. A professor shocks his Italian friends and family when he runs for office as a member of the Socialist party in this fast-paced comedy.
When Vittorio, a bumbling 35-year-old professor of political science from a land-owning family in northern Italy, decides to run for office on the Socialist ticket, he incurs the wrath of his young brother Camillo, a Maoist seminarian.