Postmen in the Mountains
Postmen in the Mountains Chinese pinyin Nshn nrn ngu literally That Mountain, That Man, That Dog is a 1999 Chinese film directed by Huo Jianqi. It is based on the short story of the same name by Peng Jianming .
The film is set in the mountainous regions of the western Hunan province in the early 1980s. At the films start, a young man Liu Ye begins his first journey as a postman at the mountainous rural areas of the aforesaid regions. His father Ten Rujun, a veteran postman forced to retire due to a bad knee, decides to accompany him together with the familys faithful dog, Buddy.The father walks his son through the nittygritty of the job, and the son realizes the mailman job entails not just the sending of letters. He witnesses his fathers deep friendship with the villagers, and participates in a wedding celebration with the Dong people. The film includes a number of memory flashbacks, as well as many pop songs played on the sons transistor radio including Michael Learns to Rocks Thats Why You Go Away, which is an anachronism given that the film is set in the early 1980s. ........
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