The Land of Many Palaces

Overview

In Ordos, China, thousands of farmers are being relocated into a new city under a government plan to modernize the region. "The Land of Many Palaces" follows a government official whose job is to convince these farmers that their lives will be better off in the city, and a farmer in one of the last remaining villages in the region who is pressured to move. The film explores a process that will take shape on an enormous scale across China, since the central government announced plans to relocate 250,000,000 farmers to cities across the nation, over the next 20 years.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 2015

Original language

Chinese

Spoken languages

Chinese

Countries

China

Production

Beijing Pulan Films

Director

Ting Song,Adam Smith

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt4418070