Ash

Year: 2017
Country: China
Director: Xiaofeng Li
Cast: Jin Luo, Peng Xin, Jiang Peiyao, Yuan Nie, Jue Huang, Jiaqi Li, Li Fang
Genre: drama, crime
Runtime: 114 min.
Age: 16+
A decade ago, a medical student and a steelworker become pen-friends when they chance upon the same copy of Leo Tolstoy's Resurrection. Off the page, passion and hatred mingle and two murders are committed, and the two friends part ways. A young police officer starts to investigate, but in vain. A decade later, the young graduate student has become a renowned doctor, and has married his sweetheart. The steelworker returns to the city, bringing with him his handicapped girlfriend. Meanwhile, the police officer can't shake off the unsolved mystery of the murder cases. The last ten years have brought with them great change, each of the characters falling deeper into webs of vice and desire. They must choose the path to salvation, or the road to hell.

Awards & Festivals:

Camerimage Festival – participation 
Busan International Film Festival – participation
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival – participation