Self - Sinologist and Liu's Translator
Perry Link
Self - Film Critic and Screenwriter
Hao Jian
Self - Professor of Law
Teng Biao
Self - Economist
Xia Yeliang
Self - Diplomatic
Chris May
Self - Poet and Liu's Wife
Liu Xia
Self - Writer and Activist (archive footage)
Liu Xiaobo
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Mao Zedong
Deng Xiaoping
Hu Yaobang
Mikhail Gorbachev
Li Peng
Self - Sinologist
Jean-Philippe Béja
Zhao Ziyang
Jian Zemin
Bill Clinton
Self - Philosopher
Xu Youyu
Andrew Nathan
Self - Poet
Bei Ling
Self - Journalist
Hu Ping
Self - Student Leader (1989)
Wu'er Kaixi
Self - Writer
Liao Yiwu
Self - Essayist
Yu Jie
Director
Pierre Haski
Writer
Original Music Composer
Nicolas de Zorzi
Sound Mixer
Romain Colonna D'Istria
Producer
Heike Lettau
Editor
Mathias Lavergne
Production Manager
Nicolas Wiart
Caroline Laub
Idea
Anthony Dufour
Director of Photography
François Cauwel
Delegated Producer