The Black Cannon Incident
I'm done with chess. For good.
1985 · 1h 39m · Not Rated
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Huang Jianxin
Overview
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.
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