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Tight 49-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Tracing Revelation
1999 0h 49m ZH
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8.0
BANGER
★8.0TMDB · 2
Drama
Synopsis
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Chinese short film directed by Zhang Yang. A young man running in Beijing ’s Hutong (Huang Jue) overhears the phone of a woman at the table in KFC and tries to contact him; in the bar, a group of boys bid for the girl ’s favorite for a chance to order songs; Found himself being followed by a skater boy. At the same time, the protagonist (Jia Hongsheng), who was found to be tracing, was recognized one after another.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Jia Hongsheng
Huang Jue
Zhang Yang
Xin Huo
Chen Yinan
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Zhang Yang
- Languages
- Mandarin
- Countries
- China
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Zhang Yang directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in China. Dialogue in Mandarin.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 49-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 227 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Jia Hongsheng and Huang Jue and Zhang Yang carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt15281842 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 49 min · 0h 49m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- ZH
Also by
Zhang Yang
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1999-01-02
