Taking Father Home (2005 film)

Taking Father Home (背鸭子的男孩) is a 2005 Chinese drama film directed by Ying Liang (应亮)

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• Movie: Taking Father Home / 背鸭子的男孩 (2005)
• Chinese : Bei yazi de nanhai / 背鸭子的男孩 (2005)
• Director: Ying Liang (应亮)
  
• Producer : Peng Shan
  
• Writer: Ying Liang (应亮) , Peng Shan
  
• Cinematographer : Li Rongsheng , Ying Liang (应亮)
  
• Original Music : Zhang Xiao
• Genre : drama
• Release Date : November 11 , 2005
• Distributor: 90 Minutes Film Studio
• Running Time :113 minutes
• Language: Mandarin
• Country: China 

Synopsis

When 17-year-old Xu Yun (Xu Yun) learns that his village in Sichuan Province is being replaced by a government industrial zone, he sets out to fetch the wayward father who abandoned him six years earlier. Armed with only a vague address and a pair of placid geese in lieu of cash, Yun heads for the big city of Zigong and a closure he may not even know he needs.(NY Times)

Stars

• Liu Xiaopei , Wang Jie , Xu Yun , Song Cijun

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Awards

• San Francisco International Film Festival (SKYY Prize for First Feature) 
• Hong Kong International Film Festival (Golden Digital Award) 
• Singapore International Film Festival (Fipresci Prize Award ) 
• Singapore International Film Festival(Netpac Award ) 
• Tokyo Filmex Film Festival (Special Jury Prize)

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