

A cop's daughter vanishes. The only suspect? A guy who can't remember if he took her. Awkward.
The Missing’ centres on the mysterious case of a policewoman’s missing daughter. When the main suspect suffers amnesia due to a car accident, both sides of the law must team up to try to find out the truth.
Acting
Bai Baihe's raw maternal desperation anchors the chaos
Direction
Xu Jinglei keeps amnesia premise from becoming convenient
Editing
Tight 95 minutes — no fat, just escalating dread

Director
Xu Jinglei
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Xu Jinglei directs herself in a supporting role while juggling the film's frantic multi-threaded structure.
The film quietly critiques China's bureaucratic policing systems where cases get buried and unofficial deals replace procedure.