Mountain Cry
Poster
Directed byLarry Yang
Screenplay byLarry Yang
Based onMountain Cry
by Ge Shuiping
Produced byEllen Eliasoph
Victoria Hon
StarringNick Wang
Lang Yueting
Music byNicolas Errèra
Production
companies
Village Roadshow Pictures Asia Ltd
Beijing Hairun Pictures Co Ltd
Release date
  • October 10, 2015 (2015-10-10) (BIFF)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin

Mountain Cry (Chinese: 喊山) is a 2015 Chinese drama film directed by Larry Yang.[1][2] The film is based on the novel of the same title by Ge Shuiping.[3]

Synopsis

Set in a remote village, the story begins with the sudden death of a husband and father whose family is new to the village's tight-knit traditional community. In the aftermath of that tragic event, the villagers come to know and understand the man's widow, a mysterious mute with a story to tell and the power to tell it wordlessly.

Cast

  • Lang Yueting[1] as Hong Xia
  • Wang Ziyi as Han Chong
  • Cheng Taishen
  • Yu Ailei as La Hong
  • Guo Jin
  • Xu Caigen as Qi Liu
  • Zhao Chendong
  • Li Siying

Production

Production started in early October 2014 and principal photography took place in Shanxi.[1]

Release

The film was the closing film at the 20th Busan International Film Festival.[4]

Reception

Critical response

Justin Chang of Variety called the film a "forceful small-town melodrama [that] offers a sweeping indictment of human vindictiveness."[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kevin Ma (October 8, 2014). "Hairun and Roadshow team up for Mountain Cry". Film Business Asia. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
  2. "喊·山 (2015)". movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  3. "Mountain Cry (2015)". IMDb. Retrieved 4th October 2016
  4. 1 2 Justin Chang (October 10, 2015). "Busan Film Review: 'Mountain Cry'". variety.com. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
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