Blind Shaft (2003)

Original title

盲井

Directed by

Li Yang

Genre

drama film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 69 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two men work a con in illegal coal mines where they befriend a man then kill him and collect a fake death benefit from the mine owner. A young boy joins them and their scheme begins to unravel.

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What happens

Blind Shaft (Chinese: 盲井; pinyin: Mángjǐng) is a 2003 film about a pair of brutal con artists operating in the illegal coal mines of present-day northern China. The film was written and directed by Li Yang (李杨), and is based on Chinese writer Liu Qingbang's short novel Shen Mu (Sacred Wood). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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