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A deeply disturbing film, steeped in bleak despair, yet incredibly powerful. |
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3.9 / 5 (based on 5 ratings). What did you think of it?
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| Plot: | Two deplorable and desperate migrant laborers trick an unwitting young kid into working with them in a mine and posing as their nephew so that they can kill him and claim the $30,000 family death compensation from the mine company.
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| Overview: | "Blind Shaft" presents a hugely ironic vision of the Mainland's inexorable thrust towards "socialist" advancement with capitalistic characteristics. Two older miners with murder in their hearts entice a young boy into becoming a casual laborer inside a mineshaft. The first half hour of the film is a stunning introduction into the dark side of China's industrialization program, essentially an expose of the country's reliance on and exploitation of migrant laborers (and management's callous indifference to the plight of workers in the country's mining industry)--leading to a totally unexpected twist ending that can only boost the credential of director-screenwriter Li Yang.
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| Cast: |
Li Yixiang || Wang Shuangbao || Wang Baoqiang || An Jing || Bao Zhenjiang || Sun Wei || Zhao Junzhi || Wang Yining || Liu Zhenqi || Zhang Lulu || Li Yan || Zhao Hong || Nie Weihua || Cao Yang || Jian Chengwen || Zhi Lei || Han Chaoyang || Yue Senyi || Zhang Hongqiang || Mao Yongan || Sun Qincen
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| Running Time: | 89 mins. (approx.)
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| Languages: | Mandarin
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| Subtitles: | ENGLISH
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| Distributor: |
Kino Video [A USA-Based Distributor]
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| Rating: | IIB - "Adult Material; Parental Guidance Recommended" (roughly equal to an MPPA rating of "R")
Films rated Category IIB contain large amounts of violence and/or nudity and sexual situations in addition to possible explicit language and adult situations. |
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