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Black Coal, Thin Ice

Bai ri yan huo (Black Coal, Thin Ice)

2014

Diao Yinan

Liao Fan, Gwei Lun-Mei, Wang Xuebing, Yu Ailei ...

5.8

2,661

Thriller. Drama. Mystery Northern China, 1999. The grisly discovery of several corpses is made in a small town. A bloody incident during the attempt to capture the alleged murderer leaves two police officers dead and another badly injured. The surviving officer Zhang Zili is suspended from duty; he takes a job as a security guard at a factory. Five years later, another series of mysterious murders occurs. Aided by a former colleague, Zhang decides to ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Scott Foundas Variety	"A bleak but powerful, carefully controlled detective thriller in which (...) there are no real heroes or villains, only various states of compromise."	POS
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"A fascinating exercise in style that will entrance the critics and leave audiences scratching their heads."	POS
United Kingdom	Dan Fainaru Screendaily	"The unadorned, unflattering, raw and lifelike portrait of a mid-size Northern Chinese town in winter (...) is the best thing in 'Black Coal, Thin Ice' (...) . What’s missing is a solid, well-told plot to keep audiences alert."	NEU

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