A cop hunts a ghost killer through DNA breadcrumbs in China's rust belt.
A serial shooting spree in Mangzhou prompts provincial investigator Lin Ruiguo's team to track down suspect Shi Jianliang through DNA evidence, culminating in the suspect's neutralization and case resolution.
Direction
Xin Yukun's documentary-style realism in factory towns.
Acting
Wang Jingchun's weary persistence anchors everything.
Cinematography
Mangzhou's decaying industrial sprawl as character.
Director
Xin Yukun
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Reflects real anxieties about China's left-behind industrial cities and floating populations.
Xin Yukun previously explored similar terrain in 'The Coffin in the Mountain'—this continues his fascination with moral debt in rural China.
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