71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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Bai ri yan huo / Black Coal, Thin Ice

Yinan Diao
China      106 m.
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The winning film of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Festival was this Chinese production directed by Yinan Diao. A coal mine worker is murdered and his mutilated body found hundreds of kilometres away. The investigation follows the trail of several suspects, but two officers die in the attempt to capture them and another is badly injured. Zhang Zili is forced to withdraw from the case and takes the job of security guard at a factory. Five years later the murders start again and Zhang Zili realises that all of the victims are related to a woman he finds himself falling in love with. 

Director
Yinan Diao
Screenplay
Yinan Diao
Production
Jiangsu Omnijoi Movie Co., Ltd. (China)
Vivian Qu, Wan Juan
Photography
Dong Jinsong
Edition
Yang Hongyu
Music
Wen Zi
Cast
Liao Fan, Gwei Lun Mei, Ni Jingyan, Wang Xuebing, Wang Jingchun, Yu Ailei
Format
HDCAM Standard
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Running Time
106 m.
Country
China
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