72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Une histoire de ballon / Historia de balón

Joris Ivens , Marceline Loridan Ivens
France
Synopsis

Small story in a high school in Beijing. The heroes are a class of 13-year-old students and their teacher. A scandal erupts: when the bell rings, a teacher asks a group of students to stop playing the ball. But a student throws the ball to the teacher. The entire class meets to discuss the problem. It is not about finding the culprit, but about teachers and students becoming accustomed to contribute to the solution of similar conflicts. The discussion, in relation to the game, the sport and the passion, is prolonged. There is talk of responsibility, ideology and politics. A student calls to order a teacher who does not participate in the game of free discussion.

This film belongs to the series of 12 films filmed in the People's Republic of China by Joris Ivens and Marceline Loridan, distributed under the title Comment Yukong deplaça les montagnes.

Director
Joris Ivens (Netherlands), Marceline Loridan Ivens (France)
Running Time
21 m.
Country
France
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