Crime ·Drama ·Mystery · China · 2015 · 2h 13m

The Dead End

烈日灼心

Director

Cast

Deng Chao as Xin Xiaofeng Duan Yihong as Yi Guchun Guo Tao as Yang Zidao Wang Luodan as Yi Guxia Jackie Lui Chung-Yin as David Li Xiaochuan as

Crew

Luo Pan — Director of Photography Li Yongyi — Editor Cao Baoping — Editor Bai Shui — Original Music Composer Jiao Huajing — Screenplay Cao Baoping — Writer

Synopsis

A "Chinese noir full of sublimated homoeroticism" . The story of three brothers raising a little girl they found as a baby. These sworn brothers are not related by blood, but by a long-standing acquaintance and a serious crime they committed seven years ago. The movie features a homosexual love scene that was handled in a relatively straightforward manner.

Mood & Themes

homoeroticism

Key Collaborators

Cao Baoping Director Luo Pan Director of Photography Li Yongyi Editor Cao Baoping Editor Bai Shui Original Music Composer Jiao Huajing Screenplay Cao Baoping Writer

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