20 minutes. One bus. Everyone's morality gets road-tested.
Based on a real life event, a young Chinese woman boards a bus with her boyfriend to head home to meet his parents. What was supposed to be a joyful holiday turns unpredictable when a pair of countryside crooks hijack their bus. Traveling through China's dangerous mountain passes, the passengers must decide how much they are willing to sacrifice for their own safety.
Direction
Jiang squeezes feature-length dread into 20 minutes.
Acting
Ting-yi's silence screams louder than the robbers.
Director
Xuan Jiang
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on real 2007 bus hijackings in China that sparked national debates about 'bystander China' and moral decay in rapidly urbanizing society.
The 20-minute runtime mirrors a real bus route—Jiang wanted audiences to feel trapped with no escape, no credits to save them.
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