Long time since I watched perfect drama. Every father, son, everyone who values human relation must watch this movie.

An extremely simple yet powerful film that is destined to become a classic in near future...

if you like long journeys, landscapes and a simple story.

Simple meditative film about a father handing over the reigns of his postman job to his son during one last journey through the Hunan mountains. A lovely film, enough to make you envy them their day job and the scenery and cinematography are stunning. HIghly recommended for people who like walking.

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ohh i loved those landscapes. i'd live there too for the rest of my life *

The movie held my attention for its brief running time, but its overly sentimental script and telegraphed 'message' was a little too much for my cynical ass to stomach. If you enjoy weepy sentimentality, go for it, this is for you. Me, I found the whole thing tiresome.

Awesome cinematography, symbolism, and at times the story is very emotional and touching, but it seems like 60% of the film is just watching them walk through the mountains, which gets very dull.

Brilliant. Simple, and yet so complex and deep in its examination of a relationship between father and son, of responsibility, of growing into a man, of duty, etc. The subtitles on the DVD I had were laughably horrible, and yet the movie is so good, the acting so sublime, and the flashbacks so effective that even struggling to figure out the barely decipherable Engrish subs you can understand exactly what is going on with a depth that words couldn't add anything to. I rarely ever cry during a movie, but this made me tear up more than once. Basic premise: a mountain postman is getting old, his knees are going bad, so his 24yo son is going to take over his route. He takes is son through walking three days through the mountains to deliver the mail, and show his son the route and the job. But he is also showing his son the path to adulthood, attempting to overcome the estrangement of always being away from home on the mailroute while his son grew up without his presence, and we explore love, family, duty, work, the tensions of modernity, and so much more. Wonderful film. A movie like this reminds me of Jack Mccarthy bemoaning overdone and overly complex poetry, emphasizing just how HARD it is to make something really complex appear to be so simple. This movie is like that. It is pure and devastating simplicity. The kind of film you could watch forever.

山路綿綿, 走了一趟郵路,兒子漸漸明白父親的那份堅持...送出的何止信件, 當中還夾著無限溫情...山上人的純樸..尤如不分你我的親人..一路走來,兒子..父親和狗狗竟譜成一首生命的交響曲..好感人! 一幅幅美麗的畫面,加上一串串人性的感動! 好看呀!!

so peacefully and beautifully made together with the comfrot and sadness

Quite a good little movie. I enjoyed it on DVD and will watch it again someday.

Oh so beautiful! Depicts well the tensions between parent and child when child is entering adulthood. Wise and touching movie. Lots of beautiful landscapes that remind of chinese landscape paintings. A slow, intricate movie.

Such a touching story and visually beautiful. Thinking about how remarkable, involved, difficult and devoted a postman job was in rural China not so long ago is something you'd probably never think of before seeing this movie, but it will consume your mind for days after watching it. Legitimately 5 stars. I was facinated by how beautiful Hunan province was when taking the train through it earlier this month, and it was amazing to see it in even more detail.

Beautiful scenery compliments this touching film about a son taking over the the mountain postal route for his retiring father and what they learn about each other along the way. (note: subtitling is not the best I've seen)

Übersentimental - men på ett bra sätt - far-och-son-historia i löjligt vackra miljöer. Kan knappt bli mer feelgood än så här. Man måste ha ett hjärta av sten för att inte köpa konceptet. Jag vill bli brevbärare i Kinesiska bergen jag med.

Father-son bonding movie on "road" trip through mountains. Lovely film and highly recommended film if you can find it. Bookend a great Chinese film night with Zhang Yimou's "The Road Home" which has a similar feel.

A good movie about father-son bonding. The scenery is quite beautiful and authentic. The camera is a bit shaky but the direction and acting are pretty well done. Highly recommend it for foreign movie fans!!

I loved their trek through the mountains. The son's first encounter with a girl on his postal trip, reminiscent of when his parents met.

Absolutely beautiful! Set against the blissful backdrop of a mountainous region of Hunan province. Explores the relationship between an elderly postman and his estranged son. Meditations on life away from ones family, and the transition in their relationship as the son takes over his fathers postal-route, and becomes a man. A nicely spun tale, both heart-wrenching and heart-warming in turn.