• Directed By Emiland Guillerme

  • Written by Emiland Guillerme

  • Produced by Vincent Gazaigne, Julie Meigniez

  • State Catalog

  • Production year2022

  • PartnersA Talweg – Histoire TV coproduction. With the participation of Beijing Silvermine and the Chinese People collection. With support from PROCIREP-ANGOA and CNC. World distribution: Point du Jour International.

  • AwardsEcrans de Chine 2023 - Special mention

In Beijing, French collector and artist Thomas Sauvin has saved from destruction close to a million anonymous negatives dating from the 1980s — when analog cameras became widely accessible — to the advent of digital photography in the 2000s. Through this exceptional archive, we witness the everyday life of hundreds of Chinese middle-class, urban households. It is a window on the 30-year economic boom of the post-maoist period, from the point of view of ordinary people.

With the participation of Liang Shixin and Thomas Sauvin.