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‘Shanghai Daughter’ Director Agnis Shen Zhongmin on Blurring Fiction and Documentary in Berlin Panorama Debut

February 15, 2026 at 07:33 AM
By Naman Ramachandran
‘Shanghai Daughter’ Director Agnis Shen Zhongmin on Blurring Fiction and Documentary in Berlin Panorama Debut

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Agnis Shen Zhongmin’s debut feature, “Shanghai Daughter,” approaches China’s Down to the Countryside Movement through an unconventional lens, treating the southwestern rubber plantations where her late father was sent during the Cultural Revolution as what she calls “a geological theater that already contained all the information of the scripts.” The film, which is in the […]

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Agnis Shen Zhongmin’s debut feature, “Shanghai Daughter,” approaches China’s Down to the Countryside Movement through an unconventional lens, treating the southwestern rubber plantations where her late father was sent during the Cultural Revolution as what she calls “a geological theater that already contained all the information of the scripts.” The film, which is in the […] This article provides comprehensive coverage and analysis of current events.

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Agnis Shen Zhongmin’s debut feature, “Shanghai Daughter,” approaches China’s Down to the Countryside Movement through an unconventional lens, treating the southwestern rubber plantations where her late father was sent during the Cultural Revolution as what she calls “a geological theater that already contained all the information of the scripts.” The film, which is in the […]

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