Summaries

This film, inspired by 'Blessings or misfortunes' from "Tao Te Ching", describes China today as a masquerade. The flashy performances hide anxiety, greed, hatred and distortion. Young Song Fei's greed led to a revenge plan. Three men of youth, middle-aged and elderly, and a young girl are entangled with each other, exposing the dark side of human nature. Finally, the three persons push themselves to death. The absurd and true human nature pushes the contradictions one by one to madness. The film as a whole is gray in the expression of human nature, but it is more restrained and rational in dealing with the dark characteristics such as greed, selfishness, cruelty, distortion, and resentment. In the cold and powerless reality, Each character in the story is usually present, anxious, changed, and abandoned; it is like a weak struggle in the mud, like a cry without a voice. The film is expecting the audience to think over and awaken.

Details

Genres
  • Thriller
  • Comedy
  • Crime
Release date Apr 3, 2009
Countries of origin China
Language Chinese

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 31m
Color Color
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Synopsis

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