He stole his own son for revenge. Then the DNA test came back.
Xiao Likun, handsome, sensitive, is fond of poetry.He has a strong ego, but his butcher family background makes him ashamed. Jiang Yue'e is a kinder-garden music teacher, sexy , craving for romance. They meet across, get a crush for each other and get a marriage very soon. However, this happy marriage buries a tragic seed. The conflict due to their different social backgrounds and status intensifies. Unsurprisingly, they get a divorce and Xiao loses everything but the guardianship for his son, Xiao Lei. He revenges Jiang by hiding their son from her. Eventually, Jiang asks for paternity test on the son, and announces this child doesn't belong to Xiao biologically. Xiao is overwhelmed. He wants to revenge Jiang by killing her on his won...
Acting
Liu Ye's unraveling poet—sensitive then terrifying.
Direction
Zhu Qing's slow burn from romance to psychological horror.
Director
Zhu Qing
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title 'Redemption' is deeply ironic—no redemption happens. This reflects a wave of 2010s Chinese cinema exploring moral bankruptcy in post-economic-boom relationships.
Liu Ye and Ni Ni's casting was deliberate: both known for beauty, here weaponized to show how attractiveness masks dysfunction until it doesn't.
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