Mid-Afternoon Barks
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Synopsis
A contemporary tale in three acts. Each is self-contained but linked by a common theme: the interplay of dreams and reality. In Act I, on a fine afternoon a shepherd watches over his flock. As the sky begins to darken, he finds an inn in which to spend the night, where he meets another traveller. The innkeeper tells them local custom dictates they must carry out a task before they can go to bed. That said, the duo erects a post on an empty piece of land. The next morning, the two men discover there is no pole, nor hole dug, and that the work they did was only a dream. The shepherd then wakes up to discover he is alone at the inn and that the whole incident was also a dream. Acts II and III explore the bridges between wakefulness and sleep that defy rational comprehension.
Director
Zhang Yuedong
Cast
Xiao He
Quan Ke
Gu Qian
Gou Zi
Chu Chen
Han Dong
Zhang Yuedong
Qieli Dunzhu
Chu Cheng
Dong Zi
He Yuedong
Gadi Qieli
Yu Xiaowei
Crew
Xiao He
Ren Hui
Dong Jingsong
Dong Jinsong
Tian Li
Xiao Lu
Gu Qian
Xiao Su
Yu Xiaowei
Zhang Yang
Zhang Yuedong
Zhang Yuedong
Song Yuzhe
Song Yuzhe
Mei Zi
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Co-winner of the Dragons & Tigers Award for Young East Asian Cinema at the 2007 Vancouver International Film Festival.
Released in United States 2007
Released in United States August 2007
Shown at London Film Festival (World Cinema) October 17-November 1, 2007.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Dragons and Tigers) September 27-October 12, 2007.
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (Filmmakers of the Present Competition) August 1-11, 2007.
Feature directorial debut for Zhang Yuedong.
