The Reunions

2021 1h 15m ZH

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7.2

SOLID

★7.2TMDB · 26

Drama

Synopsis

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Rework on Dong Chengpeng's previous award winning short "A Final Reunion". A comedy director has come up with an idea of breaking through his common filmmaking take by shooting a short film about how his grandmother would have spent on the New Year's day, crews recruited, the protagonist on set, everyone ready in the rural remote country where he was born and raised while out of everyone's expectation, the grandma passed. The movie has to go on, hence the narrative metamorphosizes from here... You can't always get what you want, as a storyteller, he leads the whole crew into another diverged yet moving journey.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Jixiang Wang
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Dong Chengpeng
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Liu Lu
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Dong Chengpeng
Writers: Dong Chengpeng
Languages: Mandarin
Countries: China

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RUNTIME

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Tight 75-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 5 years ago.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Dong Chengpeng, shot by Wang Shiqing. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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CAST

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Jixiang Wang and Dong Chengpeng and Liu Lu carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt12735306 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 26 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Dong Chengpeng directs. Wang Shiqing behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in China. Dialogue in Mandarin.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 75-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 5 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Dong Chengpeng, shot by Wang Shiqing. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Jixiang Wang and Dong Chengpeng and Liu Lu carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt12735306 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 26 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.