Postmen in the Mountains (1999)

Slowed down by arthritis, a middle-aged rural postman passes his route on to his son, whom he takes on his final trip. As the pair and the postmen’s loyal and resourceful dog wander over misty terrain like figures in a Chinese landscape painting, love and proud and dedication reveal as deep as the rich emerald backdrop. With his father often away on duty while he grew up, the son resented and feared him, and he felt bad for his seemingly abandoned mother. But now, as he experiences the burden that his father his father carries for years; he realizes the far-flung villagers along the mail route depend on the old man, he begins to appreciate the nobility of the profession.