Action ·Thriller ·Mystery ·Horror · China · 2017 · 1h 27m

Snow in Midsummer

窦娥奇冤

Synopsis

The story follows a child bride turned widow, Dou E, who is wrongly convicted of crimes by a corrupt court official for actions perpetrated by a rejected suitor, Mule Zhang. After her execution, three prophesied phenomena occur to prove her innocence, including blood raining from the sky, snow in June and a three-year drought. After a visit from the ghost of Dou E, her father eventually brings the corrupt court official, a doctor and Mule Zhang to justice, thereby vindicating his daughter.

Mood & Themes
Key Collaborators
Follow the Thread
Agent-readable