Black Snow (1990)
- Original title
- 本命年
- Directed by
- Xie Fei
- Genre
- crime drama film
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 26 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young man returns to his Beijing neighborhood after a prison sentence. He struggles to find his place in a rapidly changing society and reconnects with old friends and family.
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What happens
Black Snow (Chinese: 本命年; pinyin: běn mìng nián) is a 1990 Chinese drama film directed by Xie Fei. It was written and adapted from a novel by Liu Heng. It was entered into the 40th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement. Although the English film title follows the original name of the novel, the Chinese film title 本命年 běnmìngnián means the year when someone is aged 12, 24, 36, and so on when the Twelve Terrestrial Branches come round again. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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