Cala, My Dog! | |
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Traditional Chinese | 卡拉是條狗 |
Simplified Chinese | 卡拉是条狗 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Kǎlā shì tiáo gǒu |
Directed by | Lu Xuechang |
Written by | Lu Xuechang |
Produced by | Feng Xiaogang Wang Zhonglei Wang Zhongjun |
Starring | Ge You Ding Jiali Li Qinqin Xia Yu |
Cinematography | Zhang Xigui |
Edited by | Kong Jinglei |
Music by | Xiang Min |
Distributed by | Celestial Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Language | Mandarin |
Cala, My Dog! is a 2003 Chinese comedy film directed by Lu Xuechang. The film had its world premiere at the 2003 Berlin International Film Festival and its Chinese release a week earlier on February 2, 2003. The film follows a blue-collar worker (Ge You) in Beijing as he attempts to acquire a dog license in 18 hours for his beloved unlicensed Cala. The film was co-produced by the successful film director Feng Xiaogang.
Though a comedy, Cala, My Dog! moves at a subdued pace. Despite this, during its world premiere in Berlin, sales agents from Celestial Pictures billed the film as a more zany, traditional comedy. [1]
Lao Er (Ge You) lives a humdrum life as a laborer in Beijing with his wife Yu Lan (Ding Jiali), his son Liangliang (Li Bin) and his beloved dog, Cala. Lao Er's life is thrown into turmoil when the government in an effort to control rabies, decrees that all unlicensed dogs are to be cast out of the city. When Cala is confiscated during an evening walk, the police give Lao Er eighteen hours until 4:00 in the afternoon of the next day to obtain a license for 5000 RMB ($600), an exorbitant amount of money for a worker in Lao Er's position.
Lao Er, determined to get his dog back, sends his son to coerce an uncle working in the pound to get the dog back. When that fails, he goes to his neighbor (Li Qinqin) in order to use her dog's license to trick the pound. When that too fails, Lao Er becomes desperate, all while dealing with a wife who becomes increasingly jealous over his visits to his neighbor, and a son who is arrested after getting into a fight...
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