Postmen in the Mountains 1999 123movies

Watch: 那山那人那狗 1999 123movies, Full Movie Online – An old postman has spent his whole life delivering mail to the mountain of Hunan and is about to retire. His only son is due to take over his duties. As father and son journey through the mountains, the son begins to appreciate the toil and burden his father has to bear as postman for the villagers, and the old postman is also deeply moved as his son relates his mother’s anxiety as she waits for him to return home from every trip..
Plot: An old postman has spent his whole life delivering mail to the mountain of Hunan and is about to retire. His only son is due to take over his duties. As father and son journey through the mountains, the son begins to appreciate the toil and burden his father has to bear as postman for the villagers, and the old postman is also deeply moved as his son relates his mother’s anxiety as she waits for him to return home from every trip.
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Ratings:

	7.8/10 Votes: 1,628
	96% | RottenTomatoes
	62/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 32 Popularity: 4.537 | TMDB

Reviews:

Simply remarkable – a film not to be missed
I only chance upon this precious gem of a film from China while watching the DVD extra features of a Hong Kong film. Director Carol Lai talked about how she came to select actor Liu Ye in her film “The Floating Landscape” 2003. I caught her mentioning the film “Nashan Naren Nagou” (aka “Postmen in the Mountains) and I checked it out. It was a remarkable surprise – I thoroughly enjoyed the film. Its positive energy never thrust at you, but just be, and at times touching that would bring a heartwarming smile and tear simultaneously.

It may appear to be a simple film about the life of a postman who delivers mail in the rural mountains, but there’s a lot more than meets the eye. And what a feast for the eye: the scenery is amazing and the cultural folklore enchanting. The simplicity (ease) of it all: direction, storytelling, cinematography, editing with sound and music flowing with the natural performances become an integral whole. The depth of varying emotions between father and son, mother and son, father and mother (in nostalgic flashbacks), father and the dog (affectionately called: the ‘second son’) – more than subtly reveals through the son’s narration and realization how much the postman job means to his father and the people he served all these years. It’s no simple story after all – a maturing journey where the son and the father grew to appreciate each other, strengthened their bond and increased their love of the family’s central ‘pillar’ – the mother/the wife in their lives. The storyline is the staple of Asian culture.

As you go on this journey with the central characters, you will be rewarded more than hundredth fold. “That mountain, that man, that dog” – the literal translation of the Chinese title of the film comes as naturally and gently as the film is delivered. “Postmen in the Mountains” is not to be missed. It’s available on DVD in Chinese with English subtitles. (If I remember right, it even featured a tune in English somehow.)

Simple, beautiful and romantic
Watch out, SOME SPOILERS!!!

While seeing this beautiful film I immediately remembered ‘Not One Less’ by Zhang Yimou which was a film is quite a similar manner as “Postmen in the Mountains’. The story is about father and his son who is taking over his father’s job. The son thinks he already knows everything about his new job and it seemed to be easy for him but during his first days of being a postman he realises what the job is really all about, he has lots of new experiences and meets many new people, perhaps even his new love.

There are quite many scenes which being very simple manage to show the essence of humanity and relationships of people. For example as the father and the son are leaving a village they were passing the son is surprised to see a crowd of people staring at them. The father explains that all they came here to see his son – the new postman. Or the scene as the son is carrying his father though a river, or as the son is reading a letter to a blind old woman even though there’s nothing written in it… Those moments are the most valuable moments of this film and makes it just beautiful. It’s a 10/10

Other Information:

Original Language zh
Runtime 1 hr 33 min (93 min), 1 hr 33 min (93 min) (Singapore)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Unrated
Genre Drama
Director Jianqi Huo
Writer Wu Si
Actors Hao Chen, Hao Dang, Eddie Eagle
Country China
Awards 7 wins & 9 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix D-Cinema 48kHz 5.1 (2019 restoration), Dolby Digital (Stereo) (original release)
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (4K) (2019 Restoration), Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm, D-Cinema (4K DCP) (2019 restoration)