A Gentle Night

A Gentle Night
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Chinese	小城二月
Directed by	Qiu Yang
Screenplay by	Qiu Yang
Starring	Li Shuxian
Cinematography	Constanze Schmitt[2]
Edited by	Carlo Francisco Manatad[2]
Release dates	27 May 2017 (2017-05-27) (Cannes) [1] ([1])
Running time	15 minutes[2]
Country	China

A Gentle Night (小城二月 Xiao Cheng Er Yue) is a 2017 Chinese short film written and directed by Qiu Yang.[2] It won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

Plot

In a nameless small Chinese city, a distressed mother desperately tries to find her missing teenaged daughter throughout the night [3]

The film is set in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.[4]

Cast

• Li Shuxian as Cai Zhuo[2]

Reception

The film won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival,[2] and received an honorable mention for the Best International Short Film award at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[5]

References

1. "小城二月 (2017)". movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
2. "XIAO CHENG ER YUE". Festival de Cannes (in French). Retrieved 11 June 2017.
3. https://whistlerfilmfestival.com/film/gentle-night-xiao-cheng-er-yue/ Archived 2018-06-23 at the Wayback Machine Whistler Film Festival
4. Fergus Ryan (29 May 2017). "Qiu Yang Becomes First Chinese Director To Win Short Film Palme d'Or". China Film Insider. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
5. Norman Wilner, "TIFF 2017: And The Winners Are…". Now, September 17. 2017.