1994 · drama · crime
The Day the Sun Turned Cold
Directed by Yim Ho1h 39m1994
Guan Jian wants to report the murder of his father who died 10 years ago. The alleged murderer whom Guan Jian accuses of the crime is his own mother.
Our read: The Day the Sun Turned Cold (1994) 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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