Short film
August 15th
2008 · 20 min
A tight, suffocating ride through mountain passes that turns a joyful trip into a moral pressure cooker, leaving you uneasy about human indifference.
- Directed by
- Xuan Jiang
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Starring
- Bian Tao, Zhao Xinxi, Cai Lu
- Overview
- Based on a real life event, a young Chinese woman boards a bus with her boyfriend to head home to meet his parents. What was supposed to be a joyful holiday turns unpredictable when a pair of countryside crooks hijack their bus. Traveling through China's dangerous mountain passes, the passengers must decide how much they are willing to sacrifice for their own safety.
- How it feels
- Tense, dark and bleak. Relentless and needs your attention.
- About
- Violence, morality, survival, isolation
- Content
- Strong violence and sexual content. Mild gore and language.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Xuan Jiang
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Starring
- Bian Tao, Zhao Xinxi, Cai Lu
