Xuese Qingchen 1992

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.

Cast:

Zhaohui Gong
张强国 

Hu Yajie
李明光 

Lu Hui
林长 

Wong Kwong-Kuen
调查员 

Yan Xie
李狗娃 

Zhao Jun
李平娃 

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