Li Jie, a lawyer, is taking divorce proceedings to try to get custody of her daughter. As she is working hard to earn a better life for her daughter, she hires a baby sitter, Sun Fang, to watch her child. One day, Li comes home only to find her child and Sun have disappeared. Unfortunately, Li is suspected by both her family and the police, and must lean on herself to trace Sun alone.
Acting
Yao Chen's ferocious, unglamorous descent into primal motherhood
Direction
Lü Yue's claustrophobic urban chase through real Chinese cities
Director
Lü Yue
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during China's national debate on domestic workers' rights, the film sparked real conversations about the invisible labor of rural migrant women caring for urban families' children.
Director Lü Yue intentionally cast Yao Chen and Ma Yili — two of China's biggest stars — to subvert their glamorous images, forcing audiences to confront working-class desperation on familiar faces.
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