Filmboxd Logo

Filmboxd

1984

Explosion Before Dawn

Directed by Zhu Wenshun

In autumn 1948, during the Huaihai Campaign, Xie Yanfei, a reconnaissance chief, infiltrated Hekou City with driver Xiao Wang, using Lou A’mei as cover. Discovering the local Party organization was compromised, he sought his childhood sweetheart, Xia Cailian, who had joined the enemy’s service corps. They met secretly at Lou A’mei’s, but the enemy grew suspicious. After a firefight, Xie was wounded, and Xiao sacrificed himself. Xie escaped into a lake and was rescued by Xia Cailian, who recognized him as her former lover. Despite their past, Xie maintained secrecy and left without revealing their identities.

Duration

0h

Released

June 1, 1984

You´re not logged yet? Do it here

0.0

Rating0

Views0

Likes0

Lists0

Cast3

  • Xu Yuanqi
  • Ren Yi
  • Xiaofei Sun

Recommended Films

  • The Final Countdown
  • Salvador
  • Buffalo Soldiers
  • Under the Shadow
  • Carla's Song
  • Shanghai Express
  • To Live
  • 沙家店粮站
  • Jue Sha
  • Innocent Voices
  • Secret Order Intercept
  • The Turning of Wheels
  • Moffie
  • Putin
  • Ten Thousand Li Ahead
  • Captain Miller
  • Il Divo
  • Edge of Seventeen
  • The History Boys