Can Dialectics Break Bricks? (1973)

7.0/10 90 min Comedy Action

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.

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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