Bus 44
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Director Dayyan Eng Music director Yang Zhang Duration Country Hong Kong / U.S.A. | 7.6/10 IMDb Genre Short, Drama Screenplay Dayyan Eng Writer Dayyan Eng Language Mandarin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 2001 Cast Gong Beibi (The Bus Driver), Chao Wu (The Young Man), Kui Zhou (Tall Bandit), Qing Sun (Policeman #1), Jianxin Zhang (Policeman #2), Yixiang Li (Short Bandit)Similar movies Mad Max: Fury Road , Ant-Man , John Wick , The Rescuers Down Under , The Hunger Games: Catching Fire , Taken 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bus 44 award winning short film
Bus 44 (Chinese: 车四十四; pinyin: Chē Sì Shí Sì), written and directed by Chinese-American filmmaker Dayyan Eng in 2001, is a short film starring Chinese actress Gong Beibi and Wu Chao. The film won awards at Venice Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and was invited to Cannes Film Festival; the first time a Chinese short film won in all three festivals' history.
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Based on a true story, Bus 44 takes place on the outskirts of a small town and tells the story of a bus driver (Gong) and her passengers' encounter with highway robbers. "Bus 44" carries a universal theme that travels across all boundaries and societies, trespassing the dark side and bright side of human behavior.
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