Postmen in the Mountains

An old postman has spent his whole life delivering mail to the mountain of Hunan and is about to retire, his only son due to take over his duties.

Cast

Teng Rujun

as Father

Liu Ye

as Son

Zhao Xiuli

as Mother

Gong Yeheng

as Fifth Wife

Chen Hao

as Dong Girl

Dang Haoyu

as Young Father

Huang Wei

as Young Mother

Li Chunhua

as Village Secretary

Yang Weiwei

as Zhuan Wa

Wang Yu

as Son in Childhood

Reviews

badelf

This is quite the incredible story a father and son relationship. Told with awesome acting, gorgeous landscape, even pace, character development, and appropriate cinematography, it all adds up to a beautiful, eminently enjoyable film....

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