Night Train (2007 film)

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Night Train
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Traditional Chinese 夜車
Simplified Chinese 夜车
Hanyu Pinyin Yè chē
Directed by Diao Yinan
Written byDiao Yinan
Produced by Vivian Qu
Steve Chow
Starring Liu Dan
Qi Dao
Cinematography Dong Jingsong
Edited by Kong Jinglei
Music by Wen Zi
Production
companies
Distributed by MK2 Diffusion
Release date
  • May 25, 2007 (2007-05-25)(Cannes)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin

Night Train is writer-director Diao Yinan's second feature film. Like his previous film, Uniform , Night Train takes place in Diao's home province of Shaanxi and was shot in and around Baoji. [1]

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Night Train premiered in the 2007 Cannes Film Festival as part of the Un Certain Regard competition and was one of only two Asian films (the other being Li Yang's Blind Mountain ) in competition for an award. [2] The film was produced by Diao's Beijing-based Ho-Hi Pictures with funding from French (Fonds Sud Cinema) and American (DViant Films) companies.

Plot

The film follows a young woman, Wu Hongyan (Liu Dan), who works as a prison guard who aids in the execution of female prisoners. Lonely and widowed, Wu finds herself taking the night train to a dating service in a neighboring city.

After a series of unsuccessful dates, she meets Li Jun (Qi Dao), with whom she begins a relationship. It soon becomes clear that Li Jun is hiding a secret: that he is the widower of one of Wu's executed prisoners. Li Jun is torn both by his attraction to Wu, but also his desire to exact some sort of vengeance. Wu, meanwhile, must consider her own safety in this new volatile relationship.

Cast

Reception

Awards and nominations

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