Postmen in the Mountains

那山那人那狗

Title:

Genres:

Drama

Companies:

Xiaoxiang Productions Ltd., Beijing Film Studio

Countries:

China

Release Date:

1999-01-01

Runtime:

Languages:

普通话

Status:

Released

Tagline:

A father, a retiring mailman, walks his son over his job in the mountainous regions of Hunan province.

Overview

An old postman has spent his whole life delivering mail to the mountain of Hunan and is about to retire. His only son is due to take over his duties. As father and son journey through the mountains, the son begins to appreciate the toil and burden his father has to bear as postman for the villagers, and the old postman is also deeply moved as his son relates his mother's anxiety as she waits for him to return home from every trip.

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Teng Ru-jun

Father

Liu Ye

Son

Chen Hao

Dong Girl

Hao Dang

Young Father

Zhao Xiuli

Mother

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Movie Reviews

badelf

This is quite the incredible story a father and son relationship. Told with awesome acting, gorgeous landscape, even pace, character development, and appropriate cinematography, it all adds up to a beautiful, eminently enjoyable film.