Bloody Morning (血色清晨) 32 years old

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.

Credits

Bloody Morning Cast

Name Character
Wang Guang Quan
Zhao Jun He was 5, now 38 years old

Bloody Morning Crew

Name Department
Gabriel García Márquez as Writer. He was 65 (87) years old when He died Writing
Li Shaohong as Director. She was 36 (now 69) years old Directing
Li Shaohong as Writer. She was 36 (now 69) years old Writing
Xiao Mao as Writer. Writing
Bloody Morning poster
Bloody Morning (32 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, May 05, 1992
  • Runtime: 103 minutes