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Postmen in the Mountains(那山那人那狗)

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China · 1999
1h 33m
Director Huo Jianqi
Starring Teng Ru-jun, Liu Ye, Chen Hao
Genre Drama

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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Village Voice by

The notion that every generation is fundamentally the same gets hammered home so relentlessly that it becomes suffocating, despite all the fresh air.

70

The New York Times by Dave Kehr

It is an endearing, likable film, though its benign surface may cover some subtle propaganda on behalf of China's centralized government.

60

Variety by Derek Elley

Too slim to make much impression outside fests, this nevertheless reps another solid outing by former art director Huo Jianqi.

70

The A.V. Club by Keith Phipps

Huo never quite finds the filmic vocabulary to tilt the film toward greatness-and the mawkish synth score does little to help-but Postmen In The Mountains ultimately succeeds.

63

New York Post by Megan Lehmann

It's a simple tale of father-and-son bonding that director Huo Jianqi injects with a quiet power, and it benefits greatly from the gorgeous lushness of its backdrop.

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