BLACK COAL, THIN ICE

BAI RI YAN HUO

By Diao YINAN

HEIMILI KVIKMYNDANNA - BÍÓ PARADÍS - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, ICELAND / FEST

Drama - Completed 2014

North China: Investigating a murder, Zhang, a Detective is badly wounded and forced to retire. 5 years pass. More murders occur. Zhang, determined to solve the case, falls in love with a mysterious woman, Wu Zhizhen, who seems to be connected to the victims.

Festivals
& Awards

Busan - BIFF/APM 2014
A Window on Asian Cinema
Busan IFF 2021
Special Programs in Focus
    • Year of production
    • 2014
    • Genres
    • Drama, Thriller
    • Countries
    • CHINA, HONG KONG (CHINA)
    • Languages
    • MANDARIN
    • Duration
    • 106 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Diao YINAN
    • Writer(s)
    • Diao YINAN
    • Producer(s)
    • Vivian QU, Wan JUAN, Shen YANG
    • Synopsis
    • Ex-cop Zhang Zili, seriously wounded five years earlier while working on a gruesome coal-plant murder case, was forced to retire from the police force due to his injuries. Five years later, the killer strikes again, and Zhang, now a factory security guard is determined to redeem himself and solve the case on his own. After his investigation, he discovers that all of the victims seem to be related to a mysterious woman named Wu Zhizhen who works in a dry cleaning shop. Zhang ends up falling in love with her, but in uncovering the truth finds himself in great danger.