No Man's Land

2013 1h 58m ZH

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7.0

SOLID

★7.0TMDB · 111

CrimeDramaThriller

Synopsis

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Pan Xiao, a young lawyer, goes to a rural small village settled in the western desert lands of China to handle the case of a falcon poacher who has ran over a policeman. Pan wins the case through sophisticated reasoning and forces the poacher to give him his car as a reward. Then, he just drives back home, but the return will not be an easy one.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Xu Zheng
Pan Xiao
Yu Nan
Jiaojiao (Prostitute)
Huang Bo
Underling
Duobujie
Boss
Wang Shuangbao
Driver A
Ba Duo
Driver B
Tao Hong
Ballet Teacher
Huang Jingyi
Liu San (Falcon Buyer)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ning Hao
Writers: Sean Huang, Cui Siwei, Shu Ping
Languages: Mandarin
Countries: China, Hong Kong

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MONEY

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Shot for just $2.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $42M — a 18.0× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: China, Hong Kong.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Ning Hao, shot by Du Jie. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Nathan Wang. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Du Yuan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Xu Zheng and Yu Nan and Huang Bo carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Ning Hao directs. Du Jie behind the camera. Nathan Wang scores. Du Yuan cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in China, Hong Kong. Dialogue in Mandarin.

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1Shot for just $2.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Grossed $42M — a 18.0× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
3Released 13 years ago.
4International production across 2 countries: China, Hong Kong.
5Directed by Ning Hao, shot by Du Jie. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Nathan Wang. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Du Yuan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Xu Zheng and Yu Nan and Huang Bo carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt1456660 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 8 themes, including "china", "gas station", "car journey", "poacher".