A Gentle Night
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| A Gentle Night | |
|---|---|
| File:A Gentle Night poster.jpeg 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 date | |
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 | edit source]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 | edit source]- Li Shuxian as Cai Zhuo[2]
Reception
[edit | edit source]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
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- ^ Norman Wilner, "TIFF 2017: And The Winners Are...". Now, September 17. 2017.
