Blind Shaft

Blind Shaft (2003)

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Two Chinese miners, who make money by killing fellow miners and then extorting money from the mine owner to keep quiet about the "accident", happen upon their latest victim. But one of them begins to have second thoughts.

Date of release
2003-02-12
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (72)
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Drama, Crime
Director
Li Yang
Collection
"Blind" Trilogy

Casting

Interesting facts

Blind Shaft is a 2003 film about a pair of brutal con artists operating in the illegal coal mines of present-day northern China. The film was written and directed by Li Yang (李杨), and is based on Chinese writer Liu Qingbang's short novel Shen Mu.

Production history

Most of the filming took place 700 meters underground on the border between the Hebei and Shanxi provinces of northern China. Li and his crew were harassed and threatened during the filming.

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