Black Dog

2024 116 min ★ 7.2 Drama

On the edge of the Gobi desert in Northwest China, Lang returns to his hometown after being released from jail. While working for the local dog patrol team to clear the town of stray dogs before the Olympic Games, he strikes up an unlikely connection with a black dog. These two lonely souls embark on a journey together.

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Cast

Eddie Peng Yu-Yan

Lang Yonghui

Tong Liya

Putao

Jia Zhangke

Uncle Yao

Zhou You

Nie Shili

Hu Xiaoguang

Butcher Hu

Wang Yiquan

Police Officer Liu

Niu Ben

Mr. Camel

Yin Yuanzhang

Noodle Restaurant Owner

Zhang Li

Yang Da

Mo Tuhongzhe

Yang Er

Details

Director

Guan Hu

Screenplay

Ge Rui

Status

Released

Original Language

ZH

Revenue

$4,600,000

Production

The Seventh Art Pictures, Huayi Brothers Pictures 浙江华谊兄弟影业, Momo Pictures, Bona Film Group, Tencent Penguin Pictures, Tao Piao Piao 淘票票, The Forge

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

September 1, 2024

★ 7/10

"Lang" (Eddie Peng) has returned to his hometown after a term in prison. We learn a little more about the causes of that and of his distant relationship with his zoo-keeping father as the story develops, as well as discovering that he once was one of the place's more famous citizens being in a popular local band. With the Beijing Olympiad (2008) looming large, there is quite an emphasis for the go...

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Brent Marchant

April 1, 2025

★ 7/10

Many films about the special relationship between man and his four-legged best friend have been made over the years, and it’s a formula that nearly always manages to please. So it is with the latest offering from writer-director Guan Hu, the story of a former inmate who’s been paroled to his hometown on the fringe of the Gobi Desert in northwestern China after 10 years in prison for a manslaughter...