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On the Beat

Original title: Min jing gu shi (On the Beat)
Year: 1995
Running time: 102 min.
Country: China
Director: Ying Ning
Screenwriter: Ying Ning
Cast: Li Jian, Liu Ying Shu, Liangui Wang, Li Zhanho, Zhiming Zhao, Shen Zhenou
Music: Cong Su
Cinematography: Wu Hong Wei, Zhi Lei
Producer: Eurasia Communications
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis: Take crime out of police work, and what's left is procedures. In the western sector of Beijing, we follow the tedium of police officers. A rabid dog is loose in Guoli's beat: a gang of police officers hunts it down. Then, word comes from on high to pick up all the dogs in the sector: fear of rabies combines with the dogs' being status symbols of the nouveau riche. Occasionally a criminal is picked up: someone selling porn, someone running a three-card-monte game. Cops smoke, go to meetings, and hold trainings. They patrol on bicycles and enforce edicts. Guoli works nights. He's lazy at home, his wife wants him to do more. Is there any more to do?

Awards: 1995: San Sebastian: Special Mention

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On the Beat

1995

Ying Ning