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* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Only a couple of hours on the eve of Chinese New Year, as a mother fights indifference while looking for her missing daughter.
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* NewYearHasCome: Chinese New Year. Linlin disappears shortly before the New Year. The New Year strikes and people start shooting off fireworks as Cai desperately tries to get past a police barricade to find out if a body taken out of the river is her daughter.
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* NoNameGiven: The husband is never named.
* NewYearHasCome: Chinese New Year. Linlin disappears shortly before the New Year. The New Year strikes and people start shooting off fireworks as Cai desperately tries to get past a police barricade to find out if a body taken out of the river is herdaughter.daughter.
* RevealShot: The first shot of the movie shows the father talking to a cop, but with the other side of the table hidden by a doorway. The first cut then shows Cai sitting on the other end of the table, revealing that the husband is not alone. The camera remains with Cai for the rest of the film.
* NewYearHasCome: Chinese New Year. Linlin disappears shortly before the New Year. The New Year strikes and people start shooting off fireworks as Cai desperately tries to get past a police barricade to find out if a body taken out of the river is her
* RevealShot: The first shot of the movie shows the father talking to a cop, but with the other side of the table hidden by a doorway. The first cut then shows Cai sitting on the other end of the table, revealing that the husband is not alone. The camera remains with Cai for the rest of the film.
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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: Except for one shot where the camera follows Cai as she runs down a bridge, the camera never moves. The rest of the movie is a series of static takes, some lasting over two minutes. The scene where she knocks on the schoolteacher's door and tries to physically drag him out of the apartment is done as a 2:10 shot from a camera staged on the other side of the street.
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* {{Jerkass}}: The husband, who rudely tells Cai not to interrupt during the police interview, complains about her pushing him to look for Linlin, and easily goes to sleep when the two arrive home.
* LeaveTheCameraRunning: Except for one shot where the camera follows Cai as she runs down a bridge, the cameranever hardly moves. The rest of the movie is a series of static takes, some lasting over two minutes. The scene where she knocks on the schoolteacher's door and tries to physically drag him out of the apartment is done as a 2:10 shot from a camera staged on the other side of the street.
* LeaveTheCameraRunning: Except for one shot where the camera follows Cai as she runs down a bridge, the camera
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* InMediasRes: The film begins with Cai and her husband at the police station, reporting Linlin's disappearance.
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It centers on a worried mother named Cai Zhuo. Her daughter Ding Lin, 13 years old, never came home from school. Cai is frantic over the child she affectionately calls "Linlin". The police seem to think that Linlin is a runaway and Linlin's father, Cai's husband, doesn't seem all that worried. Left to her own devices, Cai searches for Linlin.
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It centers on a worried mother named Cai Zhuo. Her daughter Ding Lin, 13 years old, never came home from school. Cai is frantic over the child she affectionately calls "Linlin". The police seem to think that Linlin is a runaway and Linlin's father, Cai's husband, doesn't seem all that worried. Left to her own devices, Cai searches for Linlin.
Linlin. She soon hears some terrifying news.
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''A Gentle Night'' is a short film (14 minutes) from China, directed by Qiu Yang.
It centers on a worried mother named Cai Zhuo. Her daughter Ding Lin, 13 years old, never came home from school. Cai is frantic over the child she affectionately calls "Linlin". The police seem to think that Linlin is a runaway and Linlin's father, Cai's husband, doesn't seem all that worried. Left to her own devices, Cai searches for Linlin.
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!!Tropes:
* TheDeterminator: Cai is determined to find out what happened to her daughter.
* ImagineSpot: A single shot of a scowling girl, whom Cai imagines to be sitting across from her at a diner, is all we see of Linlin.
* ItsAllAboutMe: The husband doesn't seem to think his daughter's disappearance is a big deal. He grouses about her moving his stuff around, and goes to sleep with ease while Cai is unable to rest.
* LeaveTheCameraRunning: Except for one shot where the camera follows Cai as she runs down a bridge, the camera never moves. The rest of the movie is a series of static takes, some lasting over two minutes. The scene where she knocks on the schoolteacher's door and tries to physically drag him out of the apartment is done as a 2:10 shot from a camera staged on the other side of the street.
* LeftHanging: What happened to Linlin? Is the corpse fished out of the river her? The film ends as Cai sits in the hallway, waiting to find out.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: As her husband crassly reminds her, Linlin disappeared soon after an argument in which Cai hit her. Cai is quite plainly wracked with guilt.
* NewYearHasCome: Chinese New Year. Linlin disappears shortly before the New Year. The New Year strikes and people start shooting off fireworks as Cai desperately tries to get past a police barricade to find out if a body taken out of the river is her daughter.
It centers on a worried mother named Cai Zhuo. Her daughter Ding Lin, 13 years old, never came home from school. Cai is frantic over the child she affectionately calls "Linlin". The police seem to think that Linlin is a runaway and Linlin's father, Cai's husband, doesn't seem all that worried. Left to her own devices, Cai searches for Linlin.
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!!Tropes:
* TheDeterminator: Cai is determined to find out what happened to her daughter.
* ImagineSpot: A single shot of a scowling girl, whom Cai imagines to be sitting across from her at a diner, is all we see of Linlin.
* ItsAllAboutMe: The husband doesn't seem to think his daughter's disappearance is a big deal. He grouses about her moving his stuff around, and goes to sleep with ease while Cai is unable to rest.
* LeaveTheCameraRunning: Except for one shot where the camera follows Cai as she runs down a bridge, the camera never moves. The rest of the movie is a series of static takes, some lasting over two minutes. The scene where she knocks on the schoolteacher's door and tries to physically drag him out of the apartment is done as a 2:10 shot from a camera staged on the other side of the street.
* LeftHanging: What happened to Linlin? Is the corpse fished out of the river her? The film ends as Cai sits in the hallway, waiting to find out.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: As her husband crassly reminds her, Linlin disappeared soon after an argument in which Cai hit her. Cai is quite plainly wracked with guilt.
* NewYearHasCome: Chinese New Year. Linlin disappears shortly before the New Year. The New Year strikes and people start shooting off fireworks as Cai desperately tries to get past a police barricade to find out if a body taken out of the river is her daughter.
