Wrath of Silence

On a chilly winter’s day in Northern China, a shepherd boy roams the mountains with his herd. He walks by a slope and gazes down into the shallow creek beneath him. Two days later, miner ZHANG Baomin hurries back to his home – his son has disappeared in the mountains. Three days later, lawyer XU Wenjie’s daughter disappears as well. He picks up the phone and calls the only suspect possible. Mountains and the wilderness, people lose themselves in this no man’s land in search of their blood.

Born in 1984 in China, XIN Yukun graduated from the Photography Department at the Beijing Film Academy. His debut feature The Coffin in the Mountain was a popular hit in China and garnered industry and critical praise. The thriller, set in the Chinese countryside and rich in black humour, was acclaimed for its sophisticated structure of twists and turns. Xin embeds grim images and exquisite narrative structure into his films, which seeks to shine a light on the fundamental human nature through intricate human relations and plot lines.