Event 14

Screening: Di Renjie zhi tongtian diguo ('Detective Dee: Mystery of the Phantom Flame')

Directed by Hark Tsoui (2010, 123 minutes, in Chinese with Spanish subtitles)

 – La Cárcel-Filmoteca de Segovia

To mark the accession to the throne of Wu Zetian, soon to be the first empress of China, a huge Buddha statue is built in the capital. Meanwhile, when some dignitaries suffer from spontaneous human combustion, Wu seeks help from Dee Rinjie, an officer she sent to prison some time ago, to resolve the mystery.


Original version in Chinese with Spanish subtitles.


Co-organised with the Embassy of The People´s Republic of China in Spain, the Centro Cultural de China in Madrid and SARFT

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