Postmen in the Mountains

Postmen in the Mountains
Postmen in the Mountains
Traditional 那山那人那狗
Simplified 那山那人那狗
Mandarin Nàshān nàrén nàgǒu
Directed by Huo Jianqi
Produced by Kang Jianmin
Written by Si Wu
Short story:
Peng Jianmin
Starring Ten Rujun
Liu Ye
Music by Wang Xiaofeng
Cinematography Zhao Lei
Distributed by United States:
Facets Multi-Media
Release date(s) China:
1999
United States:
25 December 2003
Running time 93 minutes
Country China
Language Mandarin

Postmen in the Mountains (Chinese: 那山那人那狗; pinyin: Nàshān nàrén nàgǒu; literally "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog") is a 1999 Chinese film directed by Huo Jianqi. It is based on the short story of the same name by Peng Jianming (彭见明).

Postmen in the Mountains tells the story of an old man (Ten Rujun) who for years served as the postman for rural mountain communities. Retiring, he hands over his job to his son (Liu Ye), but accompanies him on the first tour. Together, they deliver mail on a 230 li (about 115 km) long walking route, into the rural heart of China and in the process the son learns from the mails' recipients more about the father he hardly knew.

It was filmed on location in Suining County and Dao County, in southwestern and southern Hunan. A portion of the film takes place in a village of the Dong people, including an evening festival featuring a lusheng dance.

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Plot

The film is set in the mountainous regions of the western Hunan province in the early 1980s. At the film's start, a young man (Liu Ye) begins his first journey as a postman at the mountainous rural areas of the aforesaid regions. His father (Ten Rujun), a veteran postman forced to retire due to a bad knee, decides to accompany him together with the family's faithful dog, Buddy.

The father walks his son through the nitty-gritty of the job, and the son realizes the mailman job entails not just the sending of letters. He witnesses his father's deep friendship with the villagers, and participates in a wedding celebration with the Dong people. The film includes a number of memory flashbacks, as well as many pop songs played on the son's transistor radio (including Michael Learns to Rock's "That's Why You Go Away", which is an anachronism given that the film is set in the early 1980s).

Reception

Postmen was well received both abroad and at home in China where it won both Best Film and Best Actor (for Ten Rujun) at the Golden Rooster Awards in 1999.

Awards and nominations

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Awards
Preceded by
Live in Peace
Golden Rooster for Best Picture
1999
Succeeded by
The Road Home
tied with Fatal Decision & Roaring Across the Horizon



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