'' Black Snow '' ( ) is a 1990 Chinese drama film directed by Xie Fei . It was written and adapted from a novel by Liu Heng . It was entered into the 40th Berlin International Film Festival , where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement . Although the English film title follows the original name of the novel , the Chinese film title 本命年 '' běnmìngnián '' means the year when someone is aged 12 , 24 , 36 , and so on when the Twelve Terrestrial Branches come round again
40th Berlin International Film Festival
40th Berlin International Film Festival
Black Snow (1990 film)