Chinese Portrait
Trailer: Chinese Portrait
Year: 2018
Genre: Documentary
Studio: WXS Productions, Dongchun Films (Beijing) Co., Chinese Shadows
Director: Wang Xiaoshuai
Cast:
Crew: Wu Di (Director of Photography), Valérie Loiseleux (Sound Designer), Qian Yini (Executive Producer), Valérie Loiseleux (Editor), Liu Xuan (Producer), Piao Xinghai (Director of Photography)

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