A Dog Barking at the Moon

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A Dog Barking at the Moon

2019

1h 47m

Drama

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Decades of open secrets and resentment create chaos within a Chinese family.

Fionnuala Halligan

Screen International

Although this Dog increasingly runs around in the same circles, Zi demonstrates with her debut that she is a name to watch.

Mar 19, 2019

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Erdinch Yigitce

CineVue

Absurdist and painful, it acts as a crystalline and abstract distillation of the themes of this assured and emotionally devastating debut.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 6, 2020

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Carmen Paddock

One Room With A View

A masterclass of understatement, A Dog Barking at the Moon grants its messy family boundless sympathy, grace, and hope.

Rated: 5/5

Mar 27, 2020

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

Deliberately theatrical, A Dog Barking At The Moon is a film about performance and the efforts we all make to believe that the roles we play have meaning. It's a slow but carefully measured piece of work which builds to a powerful conclusion.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 7, 2019

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Alistair Ryder

Gay Essential

For the most part, it's a bold, brave directorial debut that marks Xiang Zi as a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of her.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 13, 2019

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Rubén Rosario

MiamiArtZine

Sometimes the greatest chasm can be crossed with a kind word, the filmmaker appears to express, and sometimes that void is just too damn wide.

Apr 19, 2019

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Greg K

"Very calm, slowly moving but deep emotional story about sexuality, long-term-decision-making, pressure by societal expections and family traumas."

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/02/23

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Synopsis

Decades of open secrets and resentment create chaos within a Chinese family.

Director: Zi Xiang
Producer: Zi Xiang, Jose Val Bal
Screenwriter: Zi Xiang
Production Co: Acorn Studio, Granadian
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Chinese
Runtime: 1h 47m