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Mid-Afternoon Barks (2007)

Mid-Afternoon Barks poster
Original title
下午狗叫
Directed by
Zhang Yuedong
Genre
drama
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 17m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film is three interconnected stories set in Beijing. Each story involves the installation of electrical poles.

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What happens

Mid-Afternoon Barks (Chinese: 下午狗叫; pinyin: Xiàwǔ Gǒu Jiào) is a 2007 Chinese film directed by Zhang Yuedong. The film was the first directorial effort for Zhang, who was previously an established theater director in Beijing. Mid-Afternoon Barks is a surrealist triptych of stories that take place in Beijing, all involving the installation of electrical poles. The film shared the Dragons and Tigers Award at the 2007 Vancouver International Film Festival with Fujian Blue by director Weng Shouming. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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