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China Heavyweight
China Heavyweight
6.7
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19 Ratings

CHINA HEAVYWEIGHT

Directed by Chang Yung
Canada, China, 2012
Documentary, Sport

Synopsis

In central China, where a coach recruits poor rural teenagers and turns them into Western-style boxing champions, the top students face dramatic choices as they graduate – should they fight for the collective good or for themselves? A metaphor for the choices everyone in the New China faces now.

Synopsis

In central China, where a coach recruits poor rural teenagers and turns them into Western-style boxing champions, the top students face dramatic choices as they graduate – should they fight for the collective good or for themselves? A metaphor for the choices everyone in the New China faces now.