Black Mountain (1994)

Name: Black Mountain
Genre: Drama
Released: 1994-01-01

1h 37m

Running Time

Plot.

The setting is a heavily wooded, bandit-infested mountain pass somewhere in northern China during the Sino-Japanese War. In a dilapidated church lives a sullen young woman and her ferocious mutt. Passing through are strong, silent traders and porters, to whom she dispenses food, foot care and occasional sexual favors. Following an attack by bandits, a brutish porter stays on to tend his injuries and make moves on the woman. She, meanwhile, has the mutual hots for another porter, the handsome, kindlier “Sixth Brother." As tensions rise between the two men, the Japanese arrive to take the place by force.

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Cast & Crew.

Ai Liya

The woman

Xie Yuan

Sixth Brother

Zhao Xiaorui

Elder Brother

Xiaowen Zhou

Director

Jiping Zhao

Composer

Details.

Release Date
January 1, 1994

Original Name
黑山路

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 37m

Genres
Drama

Wiki.

The Black Mountain (黑山路 Hēi Shānlù "Black Mountain Road") is a 1994 film by Zhou Xiaowen, who served as the director and cinematographer. Like other films from this director, the narrative refers to sexuality and violence and the principal characters are males who are troubled. Ai Liya stars as the woman. Zhao Xiaorui is the elder brother. Xie Yuan is the sixth brother.

In the film, a woman whose name is not given in the film, lives in a makeshift inn and has porters as customers. One group of porters kills her husband and seizes her and her inn. Two of the porters fight over the woman and the property. One is stronger and a brute and the other is gentler and wants to convince the woman to be his wife.An entry in Encyclopedia of Chinese Film stated that Zhou "uses beautiful camera work and mise-en-scène to convey the emotionally charged situation."

Black Mountain (1994)

January 1, 1994
Release Date

Black Mountain (1994)

January 1, 1994
Release Date

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