Black Coal, Thin Ice

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Shown: January 8, 2016 at 6pm

Director : Diao Yinan

Country : China

Release Date : 2014

Duration : 106 mins

Language : Mandarin

Subtitles : Yes

WINNER : GOLDEN BEAR AT 2014 BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL

A Chinese thriller.  Two former cops decide to follow up on investigation of a series of murders that ended their careers, when identical murders begin again.  The common thread is a female clerk in a dry cleaners.  Winner of 2014 Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear.

Moments of thrilling visual beauty are studded through this Chinese thriller like diamonds through a seam of coal.”  (Tom Huddleston – Time Out)


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