Movie
Devils on the Doorstep
2001 · 139 min
A slow-burning black comedy that tightens into harrowing tragedy, rich in absurdity and moral unease.
- Tagline
- Comedy to carnage, in one remote village.
- Overview
- During the Japanese occupation of China, two prisoners are dumped in a peasant's home in a small town. The owner is bullied into keeping the prisoners until the next New Year, at which time they will be collected. The village leaders convene to interrogate the prisoners. The townspeople then struggle to accommodate the prisoners. One is a bellicose Japanese nationalist, the other a nervous translator. Will the townspeople manage to keep the prisoners until the New Year?
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