Postmen in the Mountains (1999)
"Nashan naren nagou" (original title)

A father, a retiring mailman, walks his son over his job in the mountainous regions of Hunan province.

Director:

Jianqi Huo

Writer:

Wu Si

Stars:

Hao Chen, Ye Liu, Rujun Ten

6 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Hao Chen	...	Dong girl
Ye Liu	...	Son
Rujun Ten	...	Father

Storyline

An old postman has spent his whole life delivering mail to the mountain of Hunan and is about to retire. His only son is due to take over his duties. As father and son journey through the mountains, the son begins to appreciate the toil and burden his father has to bear as postman for the villagers, and the old postman is also deeply moved as his son relates his mother's anxiety as she waits for him to return home from every trip.

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Plot Keywords:

postman | mountain | flashback | coming of age | dog | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

China

Language:

Mandarin

Release Date:

1999 (China)

Also Known As:

Postmen in the Mountains

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$1,045 (USA) (23 January 2004)

Gross:

$203,975 (USA) (1 July 2005)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

Michael Learns to Rock's "That's Why You Go Away" is featured in the film's diegetic soundtrack. But according to the film's beginning intertitles, the movie is set in the early 1980s, which make it impossible for any radio station to play the song, which was released in the 1990s.

User Reviews

the scenes that touched me most.

i saw the film during a recently held chinese film festival. i am happy i saw. this is the first film that i saw where the lead characters have no names! 1. the following scenes touched me the most. the father suffers from knee/leg pain. the son arranges the letters, the air blows off the letters. the father DASHES off and the Dog chips in, simply superb.

2. The son carries the father on his back across the river. on reaching the father turns away his face from the son to wipe his tears.

3. the interplay between the father, the son and the dog when they leave their house on work.

i thank the entire team for giving a wonderful movie to enjoy