China Is Near

– A pair of working class lovers - a secretary and an accountant, scheme to marry into the rich landed..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.80 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 47 Minutes
Release Year:
1967
Original Name:
La Cina è vicina
China Is Near (1967) - Also known as La Cina è vicina

A pair of working class lovers - a secretary and an accountant, scheme to marry into the rich landed gentry.

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Release Date:

08 Jan 1968

Language:

Italian

Director:

Marco Bellocchio

Writer:

Marco Bellocchio (story), Elda Tattoli (screenplay), Marco Bellocchio (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Glauco Mauri, Elda Tattoli, Paolo Graziosi, Daniela Surina

Plot:

A pair of working class lovers - a secretary and an accountant, scheme to marry into the rich landed gentry. Their targets are a professor, Vittorio Gordini Malvezzi ,(Glauco Mauri), who is running for municipal office as a Socialist candidate, and his sister Elena, (Elda Tattoli), a great lady who lets every man in town climb on top of her but won't marry because socially they're all beneath her. Vittorio doesn't get what is going on. Their little brother Camillo, a seventeen year old seminary student turned Maoist provides the title of the film when he scrawls 'China is Near' on the walls of the Socialist Party building, his brother's campaign headquarters.

Awards:

5 wins & 6 nominations.

Production:

Columbia Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
60%