Bloody Morning

Freely adapted from Gabriel García Márquezs Chronicle of a Death Foretold the film follows the investigation of a local teachers 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 smalltown 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