The Black Cannon Incident
An essential Fifth Generation work released during the 2nd stage of Deng Xiaoping's social and also economic reforms, this robust social witticism fantastically shows the clash in between the climbing course of fast industrial modernizers and also old Party staffs with a major Cultural Transformation hangover. The film chronicles the Kafkaesque circumstance of a bumbling manufacturing facility translator who is suspected of commercial reconnaissance after sending out an innocent telegram that is intercepted by a militant snoop. (The "black cannon" of the title refers to the missing out on chess piece the unlucky hero is attempting to find.) Positioned under examination and also reassigned to a less delicate department however never ever informed of the factor for his downgrading, he petitions to get his task back, triggering a significantly obtuse as well as humorous series of Celebration conferences, embeded in a conference room straight out of German Expressionism.
Released: 1985-01-01