Black Coal, Thin Ice

Black Coal, Thin Ice Chinese pinyin Bai Ri Yan Huo literally Daylight Fireworks is a 2014 Chinese thriller film written and directed by Diao Yinan. The film won the Golden Bear award at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.

In several scenes, vehicle license plates feature the characters A, which indicate that the film is set in the city of Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang province. The city is reputed to be the coldest in China, plus the character hei means black in Mandarin one of the color motifs throughout the film.The movie opens in 1999, where dismembered remains of a human appear in various coal deliveries throughout the province. Several cops, including main character Zhang Liao Fan, show up to investigate the finding. We learn that body parts have been found in multiple locations on the same day. The dead man is identified as coal factory worker, Liang Zhijun Wang Xuebing by an identification badge that is found among the collection of body parts. The cops quickly identify a suspect and head off to interview him. During the interview and ensuing arrest of the suspects a shoot out occurs and all of the police officers, except Zhang and his partner, and the suspects are mortally wounded. The case is considered closed and the ashes of Liang Zhijun are given to his widow Wu Zhizhen Gwei Lun Mei, who works at Rong Rong Laundry. She buries the ashes at the base of a tree just outside Rong Rong. ........

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