The film is adapted from Liu Qingbang's novel Shenmu, which won the Lao She Literature Award in 2002. The film tells a story that takes place in a mining area. Two idlers living in the mining area make money by harming others. They first lure workers to the mining area, then kill them in the mine, and create a false accident. Then, as the family members of the deceased, they ask for compensation from the mine owner. They succeed again and again, and money seems to have made the two lose their conscience. But after a little boy becomes their target, one of the murderers' feelings changes. He finds it difficult to choose between harming and protecting, and finally commits suicide in a deep mine. Behind the scenes This is a story about human nature, a blind well of human nature. The director almost uses the form of a documentary to show the story of the movie, with complete dialect dialogues and a real small coal mine background. The actors' acting skills have almost reached the pinnacle, so that there is no trace of performance at all, and their true colors are impeccable. The seemingly rough movie, once you observe carefully, it is not difficult to appreciate the director's delicacy. The film won the Silver Bear Award for Artistic Contribution at the 53rd Berlin International Film Festival and the Best Feature Film Award at the Tribeca International Film Festival in New York, USA. Highlights·The crew filmed in a small coal mine, and the conditions were extremely difficult and dangerous. There were no pillars in the small coal hole underground. Once, they worked underground for more than 20 hours in a row, and two hours after they came up, the coal hole collapsed·After the film won the international award, Li Yang said in an interview with a reporter across the ocean: I was somewhat surprised to win the award. It was a great encouragement for me to receive such an honor for my debut film.·The leading actor Li Yixiang, who played the murderer with a conscience, did not wash his hair or take a bath for this film. Not only his appearance, but also his demeanor and movements changed. When he returned to Beijing, his girlfriend was scared when she saw him and said: Why don't you look like the original you at all? Before the filming, when the silly Wang Baoqiang learned that he was chosen to play the leading actor in "Blind Shaft", he timidly walked to Li Yang and said with a red face: I don't look good, and there are many freckles on my face. Li Yang was happy to hear this, patted his shoulder and said: I am attracted by this original taste. It was with his true-to-life performance in this film that Wang Baoqiang won the Best Newcomer Award at the Golden Horse Awards that year, and in the following "A World Without Thieves", he quickly became famous all over the country with the image of Sha Gen. Wonderful dialogues If you eat, you have to poop, and if you go down the well, you may die. China lacks everything, but not people. Once these people come, they can't be sent away without spending hundreds of thousands of yuan.