| The webmaster's favourite Mainland Chinese film and the one that truly defines the expression "criminally simplistic", when discussing this particular style of Chinese cinema. Hou Jianqi's masterpiece of low-key, extremely clearly told subtleties only seems to get better over the years.
Basically a giant walk and talk dealing with a transition of a humble profession from father to son, the joys of Postmen In The Mountains is to discover every new facet within every frame that Huo presents. It's a crowded piece but concrete in every sense of the word, meaning our director may have staged his film simplistically but focused on the many tiny details that manages to add up to a masterpiece. With spellbinding cinematography and a soundtrack evoking atmosphere of the Chinese landscape, Postmen In The Mountains will continue to produce universal, heartwarming magic wherever it's screened. Starring feature debuting Liu Ye (The Floating Landscape) and Ten Rujun (Red Sorghum) |
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