A Gentle Night (小城二月 Xiao Cheng Er Yue) is a 2017 Chinese short film written and directed by Qiu Yang.[1] It won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
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Chinese | 小城二月 |
Directed by | Qiu Yang |
Screenplay by | Qiu Yang |
Starring | Li Shuxian |
Cinematography | Constanze Schmitt[1] |
Edited by | Carlo Francisco Manatad[1] |
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Running time | 15 minutes[1] |
Country | China |
In a nameless small Chinese city, a distressed mother desperately tries to find her missing teenaged daughter throughout the night [4]
The film is set in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.[5]
The film won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival,[1] and received an honorable mention for the Best International Short Film award at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[6]
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