One Night in Supermarket

One Night in Supermarket

Official poster
Chinese 夜·店
Mandarin Yè Diàn
Literally Night, Shop
Directed by Yang Qing
Produced by
  • Zhao Haicheng
  • Ivy Yang
Written by Yang Qing
Starring
Music by Ju Wenpei
Cinematography Tong Zhijian
Edited by Yang Xiaowei
Production
company
Release dates
  • July 24, 2009 (2009-07-24)
Running time
 91 minutes
Country China
Language Mandarin
Budget ¥2.5 million

One Night in Supermarket is a 2009 Chinese comedy film directed and written by Yang Qing. It marks Yang's directorial debut.[1]

Plot

Two young people (Qiao Renliang and Li Xiaolu) are working the night shift at the 24-hour supermarket when mid-aged He Sanshui (Xu Zheng) storms in with stun guns and his doofus cousin (Wang Dongfang). He Sanshui is determined to reclaim his lottery prize that was denied due to a mistake made by the owner. Hilarity ensues when a moronic prankster (Zhao Yingjun), the mean lady boss (Yang Qing, not the director) and an at-large gunman (Zhang Jiayi) enter the mart one after another.

Reception

The film was well received by critics.[2] Derek Elley of Variety calls it a "slickly-made feature debut".[3]

Awards

The film won 2 awards at the China Movie Channel Media Awards held during the 2009 Shanghai International Film Festival. Yang Qing won Favourite Screenwriter and Xu Zheng won Favourite Actor.[2]

At the Locarno International Film Festival in Locarno, Switzerland in 2009, it received special mention for the Netpac Jury Award.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Qiao Yi (2009-08-12). "Yang Qing: Young voice finds cinema success". Global Times.
  2. 1 2 "Critics give thumbs-up to "One Night in a Supermarket"". China Radio International. 2009-07-16.
  3. ↑ Elley, Derek (2008-06-18). "Review: 'One Night in Supermarket'". Variety.
  4. ↑ Frater, Patrick (2009-08-15). "Locarno Fest Picks Winners". Associated Press. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
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