Night Train (2007)

Original title

夜车

Directed by

Diao Yinan

Genre

drama film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman working as a train attendant navigates her daily life and relationships. The story unfolds in a small Chinese industrial city.

slow-burnmelancholicatmosphericunderstatedcontemplativesomberintimate

What happens

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. 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. The film was produced by Diao's Beijing-based Ho-Hi Pictures with funding from French (Fonds Sud Cinema) and American (DViant Films) companies. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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