

Follows a soldier trying to gain recognition for comrades who died in 1948, at a turning point in the civil war between the communists and the nationalist forces of the Kuomintang.
Direction
Feng Xiaogang pivots from commercial hits to devastating prestige.
Cinematography
Desaturated palette makes blood feel like historical stain.
Acting
Zhang Hanyu's hollow eyes carry forty-seven graves.

Director
Feng Xiaogang
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Banned from some PRC film festivals for depicting Nationalist soldiers as human beings, not caricatures.
The missing 47 soldiers were based on real unidentified casualties from Huaihai Campaign—Feng spent years locating descendants for the premiere.