Gou shi san

Name: Gou shi san
Genre: Drama
Released: 2018-12-07
Duration: 1 h 59 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Xinyue Cao, Xu Dai, Jinglin Guo

2013
1h 59m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

1.2K

YOUR RATING

Drama

Twelve year old Li Wan (Zhang Xueying) has lost her mother long ago. When she grew up, her father remarried. Not long after, Li played with a half brother. This series of events lead to adol... Read allTwelve year old Li Wan (Zhang Xueying) has lost her mother long ago. When she grew up, her father remarried. Not long after, Li played with a half brother. This series of events lead to adolescent Li play has become strange and silent, in order to appease and divert the daughter ... Read allTwelve year old Li Wan (Zhang Xueying) has lost her mother long ago. When she grew up, her father remarried. Not long after, Li played with a half brother. This series of events lead to adolescent Li play has become strange and silent, in order to appease and divert the daughter inside depressed, father bought a lovely dog, hoping it can replace himself with his daugh... Read all

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

1.2K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 6 wins & 9 nominations

Featured review

An Oscar-winning direction

The script is by no means perfect and has even a number of inexplicable plot holes. Nevertheless, that is easily made up by an Oscar-winning direction from Cao Baoping. Confident, suspenseful and economic, Cao's direction sets up the realistic production design, groundbreaking cinematography, and down-to-earth acting performances. Not a single thing gives a bad acting, including the dogs. The smooth storytelling keeps the attention of the audiences towards the very end. The angle and focus of the cameras are both cleverly and carefully chosen by the director. In a nutshell, this is probably the best coming-of-age film ever in Chinese-language.