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April 2016 Chinese Film in Wellington

Blind ShaftNEW ZEALAND CHINESE LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION CHINESE FILM
中国电影  Thursday 28 April 2016, 7.15pm

Venue: Committee Room One, Wellington City Council, 101 Wakefield Street. Gold coin donation. With support from Confucius Institute, VUW.
(Please note that you need to press the buzz to the left of the Wakefield Street entrance, asking the security to let you. Txt 0210306853 if you cannot get in.)

Title: 盲井Blind Shaft [2003 Movie, 92 minutes]
Director: 李杨Yang Li. Cast: 王双宝Shuangbao Wang, 王宝强Baoqiang Wang, 李易祥Yixiang Li

Two Chinese coal miners have hit upon the perfect scam: murder one of their fellow mine workers, make the death look like an accident, and extort money from the boss to keep the incident hushed up. For their latest “mark,” they choose a naive teenager from a small village, and as they prepare to carry out their newest plan, things start to get complicated…