Released:
1992-05-05

Overview:
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.

Director:
Li Shaohong

Runtime:
1h 43min

Genre:
Drama, Crime

• Cast:
• 
  Zhaohui Gong
  as
  张强国
• 
  Hu Yajie
  as
  李明光
• 
  Lu Hui
  as
  林长
• 
  Wong Kwong-Kuen
  as
  调查员
• 
  Yan Xie
  as
  李狗娃