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Can Dialectics Break Bricks?(1973)
Status: Released
Date: 1973-03-08
70%
6 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
A toast to the exploited!
Overview:
A Hong Kong martial arts movie redubbed by situationist René Viénet. The narrative focuses on a conflict between proletarians and bureaucrats within state capitalism. The proletarians enlist their grasp of dialectics in the fight against their oppressors, while the bureaucrats defend themselves using a combination of co-optation and violence.
Languages: French.
Countries:
France
Movie: Can Dialectics Break Bricks?
Top 10 Billed Cast
Chen Hung-Lieh
(archive footage)
Jason Pai Piao
(archive footage)
Raoul Curet
(voice)
Jacques Thébault
(voice)
Michèle Grellier
(voice)
Patrick Dewaere
(voice)
Jean-Pierre Leroux
(voice)
Yves-Marie Maurin
(voice)
Ingrid Hu Yin-Yin
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Overview
A Hong Kong martial arts movie redubbed by situationist René Viénet. The narrative focuses on a conflict between proletarians and bureaucrats within state capitalism. The proletarians enlist their grasp of dialectics in the fight against their oppressors, while the bureaucrats defend themselves using a combination of co-optation and violence.
Release Date
1973-03-08
Average
7
Rating:
3.5 startsTagline
A toast to the exploited!
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