China Synopsis
再见 南屏晚钟
Coming back to her broken family, pregnant writer Huang Xiaoyu and her French husband, Benjamin, finds herself trapped between her cult brainwashed mother, Li Jiumei, and her secretly homosexual father, Huang Tao.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with A Dog Barking at the Moon. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2018–2020 China Window
In the crowded 2018-2020 China release window, A Dog Barking at the Moon sits at #198 of 219. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2010s China Landscape
2019 was the decade’s peak output year for China — 86 titles released, including A Dog Barking at the Moon. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (515 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 85 other China films in 2019.
The 655th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Audience Engagement
10 audience reviews — more than 7% of China films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 2th percentile among China films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on A Dog Barking at the Moon, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- homophobia · 5
- dysfunctional marriage · 4
- nonlinear timeline · 4
- intercultural relationship · 4
- religious cult · 3
- estranged family · 2
- buddhism · 22
- pregnancy · 22
- family secrets · 6
- woman director · 246
- lgbt · 73
- boys' love (bl) · 69
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #781 of 946 China films indexed here (17th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.9 points below the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Drama productions specifically: #480 of 547 (top 88%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Spain, China |
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, English |
| Production Companies | Acorn Studio, Granadian |
| Runtime | 1h 47m |
| Release Date | February 11, 2019 |
| IMDb | tt9674226 |
| Official Site | www.cathayplay.com |