A Gentle Night
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2017 Chinese film
| A Gentle Night | |
|---|---|
| Poster | |
| Chinese | 小城二月 |
| Directed by | Qiu Yang |
| Screenplay by | Qiu Yang |
| Starring | Li Shuxian |
| Cinematography | Constanze Schmitt[2] |
| Edited by | Carlo Francisco Manatad [2] |
Release dates |
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Running time | 15 minutes[2] |
| Country | China |
A Gentle Night (小城二月 Xiao Cheng Er Yue) is a 2017 Chinese short film written and directed by Qiu Yang.[2] It won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Plot
[edit ]In a nameless small Chinese city, a distressed mother desperately tries to find her missing teenaged daughter throughout the night [3]
The film is set in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.[4]
Cast
[edit ]- Li Shuxian as Cai Zhuo[2]
Reception
[edit ]The film won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival,[2] and received an honorable mention for the Best International Short Film award at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[5]
References
[edit ]- ^ "小城二月 (2017)". movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com . Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g "XIAO CHENG ER YUE". Festival de Cannes (in French). Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ https://whistlerfilmfestival.com/film/gentle-night-xiao-cheng-er-yue/ Archived 2018年06月23日 at the Wayback Machine Whistler Film Festival
- ^ Fergus Ryan (29 May 2017). "Qiu Yang Becomes First Chinese Director To Win Short Film Palme d'Or". China Film Insider. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ Norman Wilner, "TIFF 2017: And The Winners Are...". Now , September 17. 2017.
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