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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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
Director
Guan Hu
Screenplay
Ge Rui
Status
Released
Original Language
ZH
Revenue
$4,600,000
Production
The Seventh Art Pictures, Huayi Brothers Pictures, Momo Pictures, Bona Film Group, Tencent Penguin Pictures, Tao Piao Piao 淘票票, The Forge
CinemaSerf
September 1, 2024
"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...
Brent Marchant
April 1, 2025
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...
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