Freely adapted from Gabriel García Márquez's Chronicle of a Death Foretold, the film follows the investigation of a local teacher's murder in a small and desperately poor rural village, the story of the crime gradually pieced together from the fragmented memories of witnesses forced to testify at an inquest. Sharing with her Fifth Generation colleagues Chen Kaige and Tian Zhuangzhuang a remarkable eye for the barren landscapes of northern China and a fascination with small-town life — especially those enduring superstitions that Communism failed to erase — director Li Shaohong also introduces several formal innovations, particularly in storytelling structure, that remain unprecedented in Chinese cinema.
Stars: Zhaohui Gong, Hu Yajie, Lu Hui, Wong Kwong-Kuen, Yan Xie, Zhao Jun
Crew: Li Shaohong (Writer), Gabriel García Márquez (Writer), Li Shaohong (Director), Zeng Nianping (Director of Photography), Cui Jiajun (Writer)
Country: China
Language: 普通话
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Runtime: 103 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: May 05, 1992
IMDb: 2.5
Keywords:based on novel or book, woman director
