A story centered around a divorced couple living in a southern Chinese city Shenzhen and dealing with the disappearance of their missing son.
Acting
Zhao Wei and Hao Lei deliver career-defining, awards-worthy devastation.
Direction
Peter Chan pivots mid-film, risking everything for structural bravery.
Writing
Refuses easy villains, complicates every moral choice.
Director
Peter Chan Ho-Sun
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film sparked national debate about China's one-child policy and its black market for kidnapped sons, particularly in rural provinces where male heirs are culturally mandatory.
Director Peter Chan cast real parents of missing children as extras in crowd scenes; their authentic anguish is visible in the film's protest sequences.
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