1990 · drama · crime
Black Snow
Directed by Xie Fei1h 47m1990
A man returns to his native Beijing after serving in a labor camp, to find that he has no family or prospects or friends. He tries to make a living, but his old underworld contacts drag him back into a life of crime.
Our read: Black Snow (1990) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · crime entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
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