Bloody Morning

The story

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

Z Zhaohui Gong张强国 H Hu Yajie李明光 L Lu Hui林长 W Wong Kwong-Kuen调查员 Y Yan Xie李狗娃 Z Zhao Jun李平娃 K Kong Lin李红杏 J Ju Xingmao满意 M Miao Miao崔永芳 L Linlang Ye盆嫂