One Night in Supermarket
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Chinese | 夜·店 |
Mandarin | Yè Diàn |
Literally | Night, Shop |
Directed by | Yang Qing |
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Written by | Yang Qing |
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Music by | Ju Wenpei |
Cinematography | Tong Zhijian |
Edited by | Yang Xiaowei |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | China |
Language | Mandarin |
Budget | ¥2.5 million |
One Night in Supermarket is a 2009 Chinese comedy film directed and written by Yang Qing. It marks Yang's directorial debut.[1]
Plot
Two young people (Qiao Renliang and Li Xiaolu) are working the night shift at the 24-hour supermarket when mid-aged He Sanshui (Xu Zheng) storms in with stun guns and his doofus cousin (Wang Dongfang). He Sanshui is determined to reclaim his lottery prize that was denied due to a mistake made by the owner. Hilarity ensues when a moronic prankster (Zhao Yingjun), the mean lady boss (Yang Qing, not the director) and an at-large gunman (Zhang Jiayi) enter the mart one after another.
Reception
The film was well received by critics.[2] Derek Elley of Variety calls it a "slickly-made feature debut".[3]
Awards
The film won 2 awards at the China Movie Channel Media Awards held during the 2009 Shanghai International Film Festival. Yang Qing won Favourite Screenwriter and Xu Zheng won Favourite Actor.[2]
At the Locarno International Film Festival in Locarno, Switzerland in 2009, it received special mention for the Netpac Jury Award.[4]
See also
- Chongqing Hot Pot, a 2016 film by the same director
References
- ↑ Qiao Yi (2009-08-12). "Yang Qing: Young voice finds cinema success". Global Times.
- 1 2 "Critics give thumbs-up to "One Night in a Supermarket"". China Radio International. 2009-07-16.
- ↑ Elley, Derek (2008-06-18). "Review: 'One Night in Supermarket'". Variety.
- ↑ Frater, Patrick (2009-08-15). "Locarno Fest Picks Winners". Associated Press. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
External links
- One Night in Supermarket at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
- One Night in Supermarket at the Internet Movie Database