Black Coal, Thin Ice

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Runtime: 110 mins

Rated: NR

Release Date: 2014

Countries: China

Languages: Mandarin

DIRECTED BY:

Yi'nan Diao

WRITTEN BY:

Yi'nan Diao

CAST INCLUDES:

Fan Liao, Gwei Lun-Mei, Xuebing Wang

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

With more than 30 premieres and 20 awards from top film festivals around the world, BLACK COAL, THIN ICE is the story of a disgraced cop and his partner, still seeking the truth behind the high-profile murders that ended their careers - because it seems the killer is at it again... From director/writer Yi'nan Diao (THE WILD GOOSE LAKE, NIGHT TRAIN), this Berlin International Film Festival Golden Berlin Bear and Silver Berlin Bear winner, rated 96% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, is "is a great art-house noir that thrives on both contextual and visual level, with the awards it received being utterly justified" (Asian Movie Pulse).

SYNOPSIS

An ex cop and his ex partner decide to follow up on investigation of a series of murders that ended their careers and shamed them, when identical murders begin again.

Black Coal, Thin Ice

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Runtime: 110 mins

Rated: NR

Release Date: 2014

Countries: China

Languages: Mandarin

DIRECTED BY

Yi'nan Diao

WRITTEN BY

Yi'nan Diao

CAST INCLUDES

An ex cop and his ex partner decide to follow up on investigation of a series of murders that ended their careers and shamed them, when identical murders begin again.

"A bleak but powerful, carefully controlled detective thriller."

Variety

"A salute to the classic Hollywood film noir, an exciting stylistic tour-de-force."

Hollywood Reporter

"BLACK COAL, THIN ICE is a great art-house noir that thrives on both contextual and visual level, with the awards it received being utterly justified."

Asian Movie Pulse