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China Heavyweight 2012
94 min - Documentary | Sport
Storyline:
Yung Chang, director of the multi-award-winning UP THE YANGTZE
(Festival 2008) returns to this year’s Film Festival with a hard-hitting
new documentary seemingly timed for this Olympic year, with the
memories of the 2008 Beijing Games still fresh in the mind. That Chang
observes the rise of boxing academies in rural Sichuan province reflects
a telling change in contemporary Chinese society; indeed, sports such
as boxing was once banned during Chairman Mao’s reign, and it wasn’t
until 1989 that the ban was lifted. Director Chang, working with many of
the same personnel he brought with him for his previous film, artfully
observes a country in which ideas of struggle, perseverance and social
change run side by side, and sometimes even come into conflict.
CHINA HEAVYWEIGHT begins in Sichuan, where Qi Moxiang, a prizefighter
turned boxing teacher/coach assists in recruiting middle school students
into the art of Western-style boxing. Qi, a professional with over 20
years of experience in the ring, indoctrinates the youths through a very
demanding regimen that not only prepare them for an opportunity to
represent their hometown in the ring, but also challenges them to think
about their philosophy in life and reality itself. Two of Qi’s young
charges, Miao Yungfei and He Zongli, strive to be National Boxing
Champions of China in their respective weight divisions. Both Miao and
He are unequivocally resolute in their mindset towards reaching the
pinnacle of their career through professional boxing. However, their
parents see no future for their sons in boxing, instead haranguing them
to give up their passions and pursue a career and help their families,
even as the pull of professionalism weighs heavily on their shoulders.
Meanwhile, Qi hopes to make a comeback in a final pro fight at the
upcoming Golden Belt Championships as a means of showing his young
charges the way. Ultimately, Miao and He face dramatic choices as they
graduate: should they fight for the collective good as amateurs or for
themselves and their own personal gain as professionals?
Culled from over 200 hours of footage, CHINA HEAVYWEIGHT is much more
than a sports story — here, the sports genre serves to tell a larger
story of a country that has taken the full plunge into the 21st Century.
As director Chang observes, “In China, you fight for your country; but
with boxing, the bottom line is that you're fighting for yourself." This
story becomes a metaphor for nationalism vs. individualism. But at the
heart of the film, it's really about the relationship between Coach Qi
and his students. It's a metaphor for the choices that everyone faces
now, in the New China.
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