A Dog Barking at the Moon
2019 1h 47m movie Film China

A Dog Barking at the Moon

再见 南屏晚钟

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.

The 2018–2020 China Window

219 China films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. A Dog Barking at the Moon sits at position #198.

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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 2010s China Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when A Dog Barking at the Moon premiered. 515 total titles in this decade from China.

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Reception Benchmarks

5.8
TMDB Rating
10
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier

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

Themes & Motifs

  • buddhism
  • homophobia
  • pregnancy
  • family secrets
  • dysfunctional marriage
  • nonlinear timeline
  • lgbt
  • religious cult
  • intercultural relationship
  • woman director
  • estranged family
  • boys' love (bl)

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