Description |
1 online resource (102 minutes) |
Summary |
Co-workers Zhao and Liu, old friends both in their 50's, were drinking heavily one day when Liu died unexpectedly. In keeping with a promise to his friend, Zhao decides to travel thousands of miles across China to bring the body home. With next to no money and a corpse behind his back, Zhao's tragicomic odyssey brings him face-to-face with all manners of Chinese people in a world of rapidly changing values and mores. Based on a true story |
Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed July 27, 2022) |
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In Mandarin |
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Won 2007 Berlin International Film Festival Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Panorama |
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Won 2008 CinemAsia Film Festival Audience Award, Best Film |
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Won 2007 Golden Horse Film Festival, Audience Choice Award |
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Won 2007 Kerala International Film Festival NETPAC Award, Asian Film |
Subject |
Friendship -- China -- Drama
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Death -- China -- Drama
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China -- Social conditions -- Drama
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Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Feature films.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Zhang, Yang, 1967- director, producer
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Wong, Harvey, producer
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Liu, Qiang, producer
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Hong, Tong Man, producer
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Dou, Peng, composer
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Zhao, Benshan, 1958- actor
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Hong, Qiwen, actor
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Song, Dandan, actor
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Guo, Degang, actor
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Filmko Entertainment Limited, production company
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Fortissimo Films, film distributor
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