Night Train (2007 film)

Night Train is writer-director Diao Yi'nan'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]

Night Train
Traditional夜車
Simplified夜车
MandarinYè chē
Directed byDiao Yi'nan
Produced byVivian Qu
Steve Chow
Written byDiao Yi'nan
StarringLiu Dan
Qi Dao
Music byWen Zi
CinematographyDong Jingsong
Edited byKong Jinglei
Production
company
Fonds Sud Cinema
DViant Films
Distributed byMK2 Diffusion
Release date
  • May 25, 2007 (2007-05-25) (Cannes)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin

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
  • Liu Dan as Wu Hongyan, a widow, now working on the execution
  • Qi Dao as Li Jun, the husband to one of Wu's executed inmates, Li Jun and Wu embark on an unstable sexual relationship
  • Xu Wei as Wu's first date
  • Wu Yuxi as Wu's second date
  • Wang Zhenjia as Wu's girlfriend
  • Meng Haiyan as a new prisoner

Reception

Awards and nominations

References
  1. Elley, Derek (2007-05-28). "Night Train Movie Review". Variety. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
  2. James, Alison (2007-04-20). "Cannes is cool on Asian movies". Variety. Archived from the original on 2008-06-13. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
  3. Tizard, Will (2007-10-22). "'Band' drums up support in Warsaw". Variety. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
  4. Newbery, Charles (2008-04-20). "'Intimacies' wins Buenos Aires". Variety. Retrieved 2008-04-21.


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