Long Day's Journey Into Night

Long Day's Journey Into Night

  • Director: Bi Gan
  • Countries of origin: China, France
  • Language: Japanese, Mandarin
  • Release date: December 31, 2018
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Roadside Picnic
  • "Long Day's Journey Into Night" is a drama film written and directed by bigan , starring Tang Wei , Jue Huang , Hong-Chi Lee , and Chen Yongzhong , and special starring by Sylvia Chang  .
    The film tells the story of a middle-aged man returning to his hometown in Guizhou and embarking on a dreamy journey to find his lover 12 years ago.
    The film premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival on May 15,   2018; it was released in Mainland China on December 31, 2018   .

    Details

    • Release date December 31, 2018
    • Filming locations China
    • Production companies Beijing Herui FIlm Culture, CG Cinéma, Dangmai Films (Shanghai)

    Box office

    Budget

    CN¥100,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $521,365

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $26,746

    Gross worldwide

    $42,140,994

    Movie reviews

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    • By Miller 2022-12-16 03:32:25

      The most naive and enviable Bi Gan, his private world and memory event

      How many movies do you have to watch to stop giving Bi Gan's second movie five stars?

      After all, in the movie we see Tarkovsky, Apichatpong, Kieslowski, Yang Dechang, Bella Tarr, Angelopoulos, maybe others, the rest of the time I Can't help but admire, but also faintly doubt, is it Bi Gan now?

      Familiar with 300 Tang poems, how many famous guides in the body?

      People who watch a lot of movies find it difficult to devote themselves to Bi Gan's movies. I sneered frequently at...

    • By Raphaelle 2022-11-04 00:40:24

      charming narcissism

      It exudes a captivating narcissism with a distinctly personal touch. It creates a chaotic Kerry universe of space-time fantasy. The core is the expression and accumulation of emotions. Therefore, on the one hand, the simple story is fragmented, constantly emphasizing the key elements and emotions, and on the other hand, it weakens the understanding of the story itself The narrative requirements and precision of the story, in turn, give the audience an intellectual game-like fun and...

    • By Justus 2022-11-01 04:01:22

      kaili blues

      The story is more complicated than the roadside picnic, probably due to the increased repetition of characters. The soundtrack is advanced, and the shots are also very smooth. I feel that the last long shot has a very long and expensive track. The 3D part seems to be rotating with the house along with Huang Jue, causing vertigo. The concept and time observation of his design structure are very similar to Laota. Neither of them pay much attention to the continuity of the plot. Naturally, the...

    • By Brionna 2022-10-29 22:30:26

      Have you counted the stars in the sky?

      Just like Keigo Higashino wrote "Walk in the White Night" and then wrote "Magic Night", Bi Gan finished "Roadside Picnic" and made this "Last Night on Earth".

      Maybe the original work, with some regrets of the director or writer, has become an obsession that cannot be let go after becoming famous.

      Huang Jue and Tang Wei are already middle and high-level partners in literary films, but Ms. Tang Wei doesn't have much brilliance in the film, except for the role of Kaizhen at the end...

    • By Deondre 2022-10-27 10:40:12

      Forgive all life and separation before death comes

      "When people know that they are dreaming, they are like wandering souls, and sometimes they float up." Twelve is the number of ribs the human body has, which is the karmic cycle of Buddhist Zen language, and Luo Hongwu's escape from memory and hometown. final term. "The Last Night on Earth" continues the life of twelve years ago with two lonely deaths, and a firework that can only burn for one minute illuminates the siege of memory. The boundary between the present and the past is blurred by...

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    • By Helga 2023-09-28 17:58:14

      I didn't dare to give a lower score when I fell asleep (in addition, the poem was written too badly, my...

    • By Brett 2023-09-25 22:49:37

      Witness the largest performance art performance in Chinese film history? Or one of the biggest remakes/homages ever? The movie must be "good-looking". It takes so many human and material resources, and the 3D picture is more like the "game-like" experience of our online video. Besides, if it is not beautiful, it must be someone who enriches their own pockets? Or maybe not in the form of a film, but into contemporary art as an installation would be a better narrative? The characters are empty,...

    • By Kamille 2023-09-14 12:06:13

      At the beginning, I was confused and the second half was a blast. Although I felt that the director was playing the same stalk, but after rising to another level, I couldn't refuse to completely shoot my dream. Kneeling and begging behind the scenes Trivia! 2018.5.17...

    • By Sigrid 2023-08-27 11:16:13

      Regardless of whether you like Bi Gan or not, you must admit that this is the closest Chinese-language film has come to the true face of the film. This is not a romance of love, but a romantic dream of a movie. Using mirror images to alternate dreams and time and space, using an apple to imply every insincere speech, every night is the last night on earth in Li's eyes. The son of art, the slave of the market, the impatient woman next to me, everything inevitably slips under the...

    • By Justus 2023-08-03 12:11:45

      The technical upgrade has brought the director's good aesthetics to a certain height in the presentation of the picture, light and shadow and the movement of the mirror. The 3D long shot of the last shot is really amazing. No wonder the media and film critics are collectively climaxing. But how should I put it, from the point of view of fluency and follow-up, I still prefer "Roadside Picnic". The previous work had a kind of open-mindedness and sultry that was not here, just wandering the...

    Movie plot

    Luo Hongwu (played by Jue Huang) returned to Kaili, Guizhou due to the death of his father. Twelve years ago, his friend, the white cat (Hong-Chi Lee) was killed. Luo Hongwu was used by the murderer's lover Wan Qiwen (Tang Wei ) in the process of tracking down the murderer Zuo Hongyuan (Chen Yongzhong ) . One day, this mysterious woman disappeared, but she became Luo Hongwu's all memories, desires, beliefs and nightmares. Returning to...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    This film is Tang Wei's first work to return to the big screen after giving birth   .
    The names of Tang Wei, Jue Huang, and Chen Yongzhong in the film are all real actors and musicians, and the heroine’s name was called Baihui Yamaguchi at first, but was eventually changed to "Wan Qiwen"   .
    The heroine was written by bigan in the form of Tang Wei, and the process of finalizing Tang Wei's appearance was very fast. Bigan confirmed after...
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    Shooting process

    In June 2017, the film was officially launched in Guizhou for nine months. As the original two-and-a-half-month filming cycle was extended to February of the following year, the actors also left the crew due to their own arrangements, and filming was intermittent. At the same time, the investment in the film has been expanded again and again, from the original investment of 20 million, and finally increased to 40-50 million .   
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    Evaluation action

    "Long Day's Journey Into Night" is a thorough director's work. It can be said that the biggest actor in this movie is the director bigan. The film is very psychedelic, and the iconic poetic dialogue makes the whole film like a dream, especially in the second half of the 3D long shot, where dreams and reality are intertwined, making it more and more unclear (Sina Entertainment Review)  .
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    Movie quotes

    • Lu Hongwu: Dreams rise up and I wonder if my body is made of hydrogen. And then my memories would be made of stone.