Black Dog

Released from jail, Lang returns to his hometown in Northwest China. As part of a dog patrol tasked with clearing stray dogs before the 2008 Olympics, he bonds with a black stray. The two lonely souls embark on a new journey together.

Cast

Eddie Peng

as Lang Yonghui

Tong Liya

as Grape

Jia Zhangke

as Uncle Yao

Zhang Yi

as Manager

Zhou You

as Nie Shili

Hu Xiaoguang

as Butcher Hu

Wang Yiquan

as Police Officer Liu

Niu Ben

as Mr. Camel

Yin Yuanzhang

as Noodle Restaurant Owner

Zhang Li

as Yang Da

Reviews

CinemaSerf

"Lang" (Eddie Peng) has returned to his hometown after a term in prison. We learn a little more about the causes of that and of his distant relationship with his zoo-keeping father as the story develops, as well as discovering that he once was one of the place's more famous citizens being in a popul...

Brent Marchant

Many films about the special relationship between man and his four-legged best friend have been made over the years, and it’s a formula that nearly always manages to please. So it is with the latest offering from writer-director Guan Hu, the story of a former inmate who’s been paroled to his hometow...

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