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- Well Go USA Entertainment
- 1 h 50 m
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- Well Go USA Entertainment
- 1 h 50 m
Summary A detective links a series of murders to a mysterious woman, only finding himself drawn to her helplessly. In the mean time, he slowly starts to realize a murder case from five years ago was not solved after all.
Directed By: Yi'nan Diao
Written By: Yi'nan Diao
- Not Rated
- Well Go USA Entertainment
- 1 h 50 m
- Not Rated
- Well Go USA Entertainment
- 1 h 50 m
Black Coal, Thin Ice
70
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Summary A detective links a series of murders to a mysterious woman, only finding himself drawn to her helplessly. In the mean time, he slowly starts to realize a murder case from five years ago was not solved after all.
Directed By: Yi'nan Diao
Written By: Yi'nan Diao
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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63% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
38% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
70
63% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
38% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
If Diao’s intent on confounding us, he has the courtesy to do it with frequently astonishing style and verve.
A bleak but powerful, carefully controlled detective thriller in which — as with all the best noirs — there are no real heroes or villains, only various states of compromise.
The odd rhythm of very fast and slick followed by very slow and arty is difficult to settle into, and the film ultimately frustrates, willfully obscuring the apparatus of what appears at first to be a promising film noir framework.
Black Coal, Thin Ice may well floor some viewers, as it did the Berlin jury. But others will find it too obtuse and remote, its characters too withdrawn to be relatable. See it, though, for those fleeting, unforgettable visual touches.
The final reel is visually interesting in ways nobody could anticipate; it is also smugly perplexing, as if the filmmaker took joy from the knowledge virtually nobody would understand it.
It never quite catches fire, but it has a curious atmosphere of its own: menacing, pregnant with unease.
User Reviews
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Production Company
Omnijoi Media,
Boneyard Entertainment China,
China Film Group Corporation (CFGC)
Duration 1 h 50 m
Rating Not Rated
Tagline Nobody is untraceable. Answers want to be found. Bet on your life to win back love.
Website
http://www.thin-ice-murder.com/
Awards
Golden Horse Film Festival
• 1 Win & 8 Nominations
Changchun Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations
Beijing Student Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 6 Nominations
