BLACK DOG | GOU ZHEN

CHINA | 2024 | COLOR | DCP | 110’ | MANDARIN

A man just out of prison returns to his hometown, a Chinese border town in the Gobi Desert. But nothing is the same anymore. His town is slowly dying, its inhabitants are abandoning it and an entire old world is crumbling before the demands of a country on a rapid technological urge of development. As he tries in vain to keep up, a dog becomes his closest friend. And just like that, two lonely souls coexist in a journey of self-discovery magnified into an epic drama, stunningly directed and photographed, which won the Best Film in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival.

DIRECTOR: Guan Hu
SCREENWRITERS: Guan Hu, Ge Rui, Wu Bing
DoP: Weizhe Gao
MUSIC: Breton Vivian
EDITORS: Matthieu Laclau, He Yongyi
PRINCIPAL CAST: Eddie Peng, Tong Liya, Jia Zhangke, Zhang Yi

GUAN HU
Chinese director – an important member of the 6th Generation, born in Beijing in 1968. He is a graduate of Beijing Film Academy, class of 1991. Honored exclusively in China and Asia, this year broke out receiving honors in Cannes Film Festival.
 
FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTED)
2024 Black Dog
2020 The Sacrifice
2020 The Eight Hundred
2014 Mr. Six
2009 Cow
1994 Dirt