Lala's Gun
- -A boy comes of age as he searches for his father in China in order to bring him his gun. Lala's Gun (Chinese: 滚拉拉的枪; pinyin: Gun Lala De Qiang) is a 2008 film about the coming-of-age of a young boy as a member of China's Miao ethnic minority.
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Lala’s Gun (滚拉拉的枪; Gun Lala De Qiang) is a 2008 film about the coming-of-age of a young boy as a member of China’s Miao ethnic minority.
The film was written and directed by Ning Jingwu and stars Wang Jishuai in the titular role. Lala’s Guns’ international sales were picked up by the Taiwan-based 3 Dots Entertainment. The film’s world showed at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival as part of its Generation 14plus program.
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Lala’s Gun is the story of a boy from the village of Biasha in Congjiang County, where resides a branch of Miao minority. As part of the village’s tradition, every boy upon reaching the age of fifteen was to receive a gun from his father as a symbol of reaching manhood. Lala, however, was raised by his grandmother after being abandoned by his father followed by his mother’s death. As his 15th birthday approached, Lala departed Biasha and started a journey of searching the father he hadn’t seen for years.