Red Crag

A somber, slow-burning wartime drama that immerses you in paranoia and sacrifice, with striking black-and-white imagery and a heavy emotional toll.

Directed by

Choui Khoua

Genres

War, Drama

Starring

Ran-ran Li, Yu Lan, Ping Zhang

Overview

A taut wartime thriller, Red Crag: Life in Eternal Flame anticipates the paranoia and violence of the imminent Cultural Revolution while harking back to the aesthetic splendour of the Golden Age Shanghai cinema of the late 1940s. (This opulence is largely due to the work of cinematographer Zhu Jinming, the master visual stylist of Shangrao Concentration Camp and other key "Seventeen Years" films.) The film concerns a hard-boiled woman working in the Chongqing Communist underground during World War II, whose commitment to the guerrilla cause is only intensified after she witnesses her husband's head mounted on the city walls by the Nationalist forces.

How it feels

Dark, tense, bleak and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.

About

War, betrayal, survival, justice

Content

Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.

Note

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