It is an autobiographical fiction starring Ivens as an old man who has spent his life trying to "tame the wind and harness the sea" by capturing them on film.
3.3 / 5
Joris Ivens
Self
Liu Zhuang
Wang Delong
Wang Hong
Fu Dalin
Liu Guilian
Chen Zhijian
Zou Qiaoyu
Paul Sergent
Liu Hongyiu
Self - Interpreter (uncredited)
Marceline Loridan-Ivens
Self (uncredited)
Henxiang Han
Director
Geneviève Louveau
Editor
Presenter
Wang Wenhua
Camera Operator
Elisabeth D.
Additional Writing
Nicolas Philibert
Assistant Director
Jean Umansky
Sound
Sarah Taouss Matton
Sound Editor
Screenplay
Dialogue
Meyer Berreby
Production Director
Zhu Haifeng
Location Manager
Nathalie Mauger
Assistant Camera
Madeleine Malthête-Méliès
Thanks
Yao Chengzhang
Clémence Lafarge
Assistant Editor
Lu Songhe
Translator
Li Zexiang
Christian Fournié
Patrice Guillou
Béatrice Wick
Jin Lin
Jean Gargonne
Liu Weiming
Electrician
Wei Chun
Michel Portal
Music
Wu Baolai
Zhang Zebin
Set Decoration
Ma Yanqiang
Zhang Xianmin
Jacques Zajdermann
Yves Jeanneau
Delegated Producer
Alain Tasma
Zhang Jinhua
Jacqueline Haby
Administration
Laurent Chevallier
Cai Xinmin
Wu Menbing
Minh-Tam Nguyen
Yin Yan
Executive Producer
Sara Perset
Production Assistant
Bai Kunyi
William Watterlot
Lian Shuangyue
Zhao Jinsheng
Carole Equer-Hamy
Claude Hirsch
Gaffer
Christian Marti
François Lepeuple
Assistant Foley Artist
Michel Zambelli
Color Grading
Li Kaihu
Set Medic
Jin Jingyi
Bernard Barrault
Dominique Vieillard
Sound Assistant
Guo Weijun
Catherine Henriette
Lin Zifeng
Johan van der Keuken
Ying Guangzhong
Claude Robert
Zhang Yanjiu
Noshka Van der Lely
Jean-Pierre Nuquet
Jean-Claude Letrillard
Alain Rosenfeld
Sound Effects
Zuo Si
Jean-Pierre Sergent
Dominique Dalmasso
Sound Mixer
Laurent Lévy
Foley Artist
Xin Rong
Roland Briens
Guy Radlo
Situ Huimin
Jacques Loiseleux
Director of Photography
Thierry Arbogast