about the film｜电影简介

A Chronicle of My Cultural Revolution begins with Xu Xing's personal experiences, recalling the misery he and other ordinary people endured during the Cultural Revolution. In 1972, sixteen-year-old Xu Xing wrote his first love letter, devoid of romantic clichés but filled with the doubts and interrogations of a young man deeply troubled by the harsh reality. The girl, confused and scared, entrusted the letter to her teacher. Yet the teacher, who was once a public security officer, identified Xu Xing as the author through handwriting analysis, leading to his arrest on charges of active counter-revolutionary crimes.

The film uses Xu Xing's first love story as a prelude, following in chronological order from 1966 to 1976 various small stories that occurred during the Cultural Revolution. The protagonists of these stories include intellectuals such as school principal Bian Zhongyun, writer and poet Liu Zili, orphaned brothers Xi Qingsheng and Xi Qingchuan who lost their mother in the violence, composer Ren Yi who was sent to the countryside as an educated youth, former Red Guards, and Wang Taihe, the kind-hearted elder brother of Xu Xing who rescued him when he was a homeless wanderer, etc. The film integrates personal memories with collective national memory, enabling them to mutually support each other, providing today's audiences with a historical narrative that is rich in both individual and public significance. The film could not be screened in mainland China but has been widely shown in universities abroad, including in the United States, Germany, Italy, and France.

《我的文革编年史》从徐星的个人经历开始，回顾了他与其他普通人在文化大革命期间所经历的痛苦。1972年，16岁的徐星写了他的第一封情书，信中没有浪漫的陈词滥调，而是充满了一个年轻人对严酷现实的深深困惑与质疑。女孩因感到困惑和害怕，将这封信交给了她的老师。然而，这位曾经是公安人员的老师通过笔迹分析确定了徐星是信的作者，导致他被以反革命罪名逮捕。

影片以徐星的初恋故事作为序幕，按时间顺序展现了从1966年至1976年文化大革命期间发生的多个小故事。这些故事的主人公包括校长卞仲耘、作家和诗人刘自立、在暴力中失去母亲的孤儿兄弟、下乡知青作曲家任毅、前红卫兵，以及在徐星流浪时救助他的好心大哥等。影片将个人记忆与集体民族记忆相结合，使它们相互支撑，为当代观众提供了一段兼具个人和公众意义的历史叙述。尽管影片无法在中国大陆上映，但它已在国外的多所大学广泛放映，包括美国、德国、意大利和法国等国家。

about the film｜电影简介

Reflections and records on the 'Cultural Revolution,' whether in literary works, news reports, or documentaries, have predominantly focused on politicians and intellectuals, with very little attention given to the lower classes. Farmers, in particular, have been almost entirely neglected, even though this group may have suffered the most tragic and absurd experiences.

It took over three years in total to complete—one full year was spent on research, more than a year on filming, and another year on editing. In 2014, the documentary Summary of Crimes was finally released, with 14 elderly individuals recounting their experiences from those years in detail.

关于“文化大革命”的反思与记录，无论是文学作品、新闻报道，还是纪录片，大多将视角集中在政治家和知识分子身上，极少关注底层群体。尤其是农民，这个群体几乎完全被忽视，然而他们的遭遇可能是最为悲惨和荒诞的。

这部纪录片的制作历时三年多：一整年用于研究，一年多时间用于拍摄，另花了一年多时间进行剪辑。2014年，纪录片《罪行摘要》终于问世，14位老年人详细讲述了他们在那段岁月中的亲身经历。

about the film｜电影简介

This documentary  film uses a love story between a husband and wife as a vehicle with which to confront the contortions of China’s political history since 1949. It is a personal love story, but it is also a story of a nation. Xu Xing wants to give a chance to the society to tell and keep their rather tragic story behind the official narrative of the Chinese state.

这部纪录片以一对夫妻的爱情故事为载体，直面自1949年以来中国政治历史的扭曲。这不仅是一个个人的爱情故事，同时也是一个国家的故事。徐星希望为社会提供一个机会，讲述并保存那些被官方叙述掩盖的悲惨故事。

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