Ash Is Purest White
(2018)
★ 6.9 IMDb · 367 votes
Year: 2018
Runtime: 137 мин
Country: China, France
Director: 贾樟柯
Cast: Zhao Tao, 廖凡, 刁亦男, 丁嘉丽, 董子健, 徐峥, Zhang Yibai, 张译, Фэн Сяоган, Jiamei Feng
Plot
Set in China's underworld, this tale of love and betrayal follows a dancer who fired a gun to protect her mobster boyfriend during a fight. On release from prison 5 years later, she sets out to find him.
Opening in 2001 in Datong, a former coal mining town, Bin was a mob gangster of Jianghu and when the leader was dethroned he takes over. Qiao loves Bin very much and one day to save Bin from henchmen she uses his pistol and fires it fakely. She gets arrested and imprisoned for 5 years, never being visited by Bin. When she is released she reaches out to Bin who has no interest for Qiao and is in love with another girl. 16 years later she gets a call from Bin who is in need of moral support.