This stylish neo noir from upcoming Chinese director Wei Shujun finds a long-suffering detective questioning his methods and eventually his mind after a series of mysterious murders in a small rural town.
Chief police investigates a series of murders in a riverside town in rural China in the 1990s. An arrest is made quickly, clues push the policeman to dive deeper into the hidden behaviour of the locals
“As pleasing on the eye as it is rich with symbolism… late nights and black leather jackets, dark waters and even murkier pasts. It is a mystifying gem.”
