Good Cats (好猫) is a 2008 Chinese drama film directed by Ying Liang (应亮)
Profile
- Movie: Good Cats / 好猫 (2008)
- Director: Ying Liang (应亮)
- Producer: Peng Shan (彭姗), Du Qingchun (杜庆春)
- Writer: Ying Liang (应亮) , Peng Shan (彭姗)
- Cinematographer : Li Rongsheng (李荣圣) , Ying Liang (应亮)
- Release Date : October 17 , 2008
- Runtime : 103 min
- Genre : Drama
- Distributor:
- Language: Mandarin
- Country: China
Synopsis
The name of the film is taken from reformist politician Deng Xiaoping’s
principle that it doesn’t matter if a cat is black or white – as long as
it catches mice, it’s a good cat. The ends justifying the means
mentality paints a picture of modern-day China tainted by a money-hungry
rat race. Many Chinese films have dealt with this theme in recent
years, but the work of director Ying Liang towers above them in the
supreme originality of its interpretation. While it follows the
irresponsible life of the main protagonist, a chauffeur for the head of a
real-estate agency, it shows the changes that rapid urbanisation has
brought to Sichuan. In the director’s vision, human existence is
dominated by impalpable paradoxes, and day-to-day life is permeated with
surreal events playing out on the border between reality, absurdity and
hallucination. Imitating the lazy impartiality with which the
protagonist views his world, the camera apathetically observes the
mise-en-scene in which immediacy is wed with a fine-spun composition.
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Stars
- Luo Liang, Peng Deming, Liu Xiaopei
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Trailer
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