Free China: The Courage to Believe

May. 31,2013      
Rating:
6.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

The fates of a woman living in Beijing and a man living in New York become inextricably linked because of a common conviction.

Reviews

Sexyloutak
2013/05/31

Absolutely the worst movie.

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Mathilde the Guild
2013/06/01

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

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Paynbob
2013/06/02

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

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Lela
2013/06/03

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

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mimosquito13
2013/06/04

This film tells the true story of two incredibly brave individuals who overcame countless hardships from persecution in China: both Jennifer and Charles practice Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa), a meditation practice for mind and body and with guiding principles truthfulness-compassion-forbearance, practiced around the world. This meditation practice became incredibly popular in China in the 1990s, but in 1999 the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) changed from endorsing the practice to banning it. Through detailing the hardships that Jennifer and Charles faced, the film explores widespread current issues in China: lack of freedom of speech, state corruption, slave labour, corporate ethical misconduct, internet censorship, organ harvesting, and more. This film is incredibly genius in the way it is able to transform what is seemingly an ordinary documentary and personal tales into an incredibly moving tale of courage amidst great oppression and reflects a grand battle of good against evil today: the widespread persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. This is the largest persecution in the world and is becoming what's referred to as the Hidden Holocaust of the 21st century. The film inspires a quality that I can best describe as: be brave amidst fearful times, have courage to believe and let nothing compromise what you believe is good. It's such an amazing film. I've seen it four times and am still very moved by the courage of the individuals in the film. PS: the 1 to 2-star reviews on IMDb reflect the efforts of the CCP (they pay individuals to do write bad reviews) in trying to deter people from watching the film. Don't believe it and see the film to decide for yourself what is good and what is evil. You'll be not only moved to tears, but also grateful and impressed by the courage and immense effort that's been taken to create such a wonderful film. This film won the 2012 International Film Festival Free Speech Award.

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Linda wu
2013/06/05

This movie is well worth watching. It depicts two true-life stories, with concise, poignant and moving story lines. Everything is real, exposing issues still being covered up by the regime, which had previously not been revealed to the world. The emotional and mental damage inflicted during the persecution was something most people outside China found unimaginable.As there are so many Chinese descents outside of China, this makes the movie even more relevant.It is now an Oscar contender for documentary, score and song, which I applaud. With its exposition of deeply questionable ethics of a trusted section of society, the movie should influence and affect many an audience worldwide.

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Kevin Tran
2013/06/06

the film was so touching. It tells a true story about modern China. A story about persecuted Falun Gong practitioners who follow the 3 principles: truthfulness, compassion and tolerence. The film let the world know about the evil side of China covered by their second largest world economy stuff. I believe this film will shock the world by letting people know about a fake China. A government always tells lie A government treats their people like dirt Chinese people should know about this, know about the truth that they are living in country where all they receive is a big lie from their government. If you like the film, rate for it. For human right and for a free china

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gairui2013
2013/06/07

When i was watching the movie,i was very angry.It is full of lies and twist the fact.We recognize that China's legal system is not perfect,But we always been working hard.Treatment of Falun Gong, our policy is focus on education.I have had conversations with some of the staff,they said they talked with the Falun Gong practitioners every day.They told the reason of why Falun Gong is not a religion .Let them wrote down their experiences,in order to grasp their mental condition.Everyone is absolutely jailed for humanitarian protectionist,Absolutely no violence, no "huozhai".Falun Gong is a cult in the world 。If only one religion,"Tian an" Square self-immolation incident and many Falun Gong practitioners Suicides are not occur.Cherish life, away from the cult

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