--- title: 'China is Near (1967)' type: 'film' director: 'Marco Bellocchio' released: '1967-01-01' runtime_minutes: 107 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Comedy' countries: - 'Italy' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/china-is-near-1967' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061483/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # China is Near (1967) 1967 · 107 min · Drama, Comedy · Italy Original title: La Cina è vicina ## Synopsis China Is Near is a 1967 Italian drama film written and directed by Marco Bellocchio. It is a satirical movie about the struggle for political and social power. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." Although selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 40th Academy Awards, it was not nominated. ## Credits - **Screenplay:** [Elda Tattoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/elda-tattoli), [Marco Bellocchio](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-bellocchio) - **Director:** [Marco Bellocchio](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-bellocchio) - **Original Music Composer:** [Ennio Morricone](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-morricone) - **Producer:** [Oscar Brazzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-brazzi), [Franco Cristaldi](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-cristaldi) - **Director of Photography:** [Tonino Delli Colli](https://cinepixo.com/people/tonino-delli-colli) - **Editor:** [Roberto Perpignani](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-perpignani) ## Cast - [Claudio Trionfi](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudio-trionfi) - [Paolo Graziosi](https://cinepixo.com/people/paolo-graziosi) - [Pierluigi Aprà](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierluigi-apra) - [Claudio Cassinelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudio-cassinelli) - [Glauco Mauri](https://cinepixo.com/people/glauco-mauri) - [Laura De Marchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-de-marchi) - [Alessandro Haber](https://cinepixo.com/people/alessandro-haber) - [Daniela Surina](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniela-surina) - [Elda Tattoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/elda-tattoli) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/china-is-near-1967 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3207351); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.