The Black Cannon Incident

(1985)

★ 7.6 IMDb · 27 votes

Genres: Drama, Comedy

Year: 1985

Runtime: 96 мин

Country: China

Director: 黄建新

Cast: 刘子枫, Гао Мин, Yang Fengliang, Yang Yazhou, 汪漪, Ge Hui, Wang Beilong, Xie Wei, Zhao Xiuling, Gerhard Olschewski

Plot

A mining engineer acting as a technical translator is suspected of industrial espionage after sending an innocent telegram that is intercepted by a militant snoop. Placed under investigation and reassigned to a less sensitive department, but never informed of the reason for his demotion, he petitions to get his job back, sparking an increasingly obtuse series of Party meetings.