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Family At Large

2025 · 110 min

A grim, quietly tense journey through cold border country, heavy with dread and moral unease.

Directed by
Bo Kang
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Hu Ge, Wen Qi, Yan Ni
Overview
The story follows an estranged father, nicknamed Reindeer, who is involved in a gruelling human trafficking run on China’s northeaster border with a young pregnant woman and a boy who has been kidnapped before.

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Directed by
Bo Kang
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Hu Ge, Wen Qi, Yan Ni
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • crime
    • survival
    • isolation
    • family
    • trauma
    Places
    • countryside
    • road trip
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence strong
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror3
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension7
    Darkness8
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, crime
    Directed by
    Bo Kang
    Written by
    Bo Kang
    Starring
    Hu Ge, Wen Qi, Yan Ni, Song Jia, 高子淇, Gao Ye, Ou Hao, Li Xueqin
    Music
    Hank Lee
    Cinematography
    Fan Chao
    Runtime
    110 min
    Country
    China
    Languages
    Mandarin

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