Heidi in China (2020)
• April 21st, 2020 • 1h 22min
Documentary
Overview
In 1946, Heidi is entrusted to a Swiss family by her father. He will never come back for her. Today, François Yang questions his mother about her past. What follows is a journey to China, a quest to reconstruct memory. Through contact with her brothers and sister, Heidi measures the extent of the drama experienced by her family that remained in China, persecuted by the Communist Party.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Earth: Muted
Released on: 2021-09-20
Documentary, Drama, TV Movie
Three farming families in Hanyuan, China, strive to give their children a good life in the midst of ...
Springtime in Wushan
Released on: 2003-10-01
Documentary
Zhang Ming went back to his hometown Wushan to record the last images before it being changed foreve...
The Last Chinese Laundry
Released on: 1987-01-01
Documentary
A documentary from 1987 featuring the life of early Chinese immigrants to the island of Newfoundland...
Strudel Sisters
Released on: 2016-05-02
Documentary
Two elderly sisters share the delicate art of making traditional Hungarian strudel and reveal a deep...
The China Hustle
Released on: 2018-03-30
Documentary
An unsettling and eye-opening Wall Street horror story about Chinese companies, the American stock m...
The Family Forest
Released on:
Documentary
Epigenetics and psychogenealogy through a VERY personal experience.
Starring Jerry as Himself
Released on: 2024-11-06
Documentary, Thriller, Drama, Crime
Jerry, an ordinary immigrant dad, retired in Orlando, is recruited to be an undercover agent for the...
Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors
Released on: 2024-06-11
Documentary
Thousands of terracotta warriors guarded the first Chinese emperor's tomb. This is their story, told...
China Gate
Released on: 2011-07-13
Documentary
"China Gate" tells the story of young Chinese fight to change their fate through studying. Right bef...
Our Maternal Home
Released on: 2024-02-06
Documentary
Filmmaker and educator Janine Windolph ventures from Saskatchewan to Quebec with her two teens and y...
Everyday
Released on:
Documentary
A school teacher never just teaches. A step back in time of the life of a school teacher in a small ...
Home and a Distant Archive
Released on: 2021-05-01
Documentary
A poetic, experimental portrait of four Hong Kong women in London working to digitise records of the...
NA China
Released on: 2020-04-25
Documentary
The implantation of African traders in Guangzhou is a recent phenomenon, on which Marie Voignier rep...
Life In Exile
Released on:
Documentary
Two-part documentary about the Tibetan refugee community in India. Feingold interviews Tibetan philo...