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Bookmark this pagePostmen in the Mountains (1999)
Director: Huo Jianqi
Movie review
From Time Out New York
A meditative movie that ultimately chokes on its own sweetness, Huo Jianqi's drama follows a reticent postal carrier as he trains his headstrong son to assume his rural route in China in the early 1980s. The older man's constant work-related hikes, however, have made him somewhat of an absentee dad, and neither communicate with each other very well. The film's universal subject matter and contemplative pace suggest a wide appeal, but a surfeit of expository dialogue—"Now I realize I am actually old," sayeth the father—and heart-tugging flashbacks render the film more treacly than touching.Author: D'A
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Cast & crew
Director: Huo Jianqi
Producer: Kang Jianmin
Cast: Teng Rujun, Liu Ye, Gong Yehang, Chen Hao full cast
Duration: 93 mins
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