---
title: 'Black Snow (1990)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Xie Fei'
released: '1990-02-14'
runtime_minutes: 107
countries:
  - 'People''s Republic of China'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/black-snow-1990'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123450/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Black Snow (1990)

1990 · 107 min · People's Republic of China

Original title: 本命年

## Synopsis

Black Snow is a 1990 Chinese drama film directed by Xie Fei. It was written and adapted from a novel by Liu Heng. It was entered into the 40th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement. Although the English film title follows the original name of the novel, the Chinese film title 本命年 běnmìngnián means the year when someone is aged 12, 24, 36, and so on when the Twelve Terrestrial Branches come round again.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Xie Fei](https://cinepixo.com/people/xie-fei)
- **Screenplay:** [Liu Heng](https://cinepixo.com/people/liu-heng)

## Cast

- [Cai Hongxiang](https://cinepixo.com/people/cai-hongxiang)
- [Yue Hong](https://cinepixo.com/people/yue-hong)
- [Cheng Lin](https://cinepixo.com/people/cheng-lin)
- [Jiang Wen](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiang-wen)

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