44 minSeason 1 • Episode 40
LatestIn 1931, due to betrayal by traitors, the party's underground organization in Shanghai was severely damaged, and the revolutionary cause fell into white terror. Ma Tian Mu, a young party member who was injured in the Northern Expedition was ordered to go to France. Under the guidance of his superior Wu Zhong Xin and the cooperation of comrades, he walked among all kinds of bureaucratic gentry and police gangs.
Acting
Zhang Luyi's thousand-yard stare carries entire episodes.
Production
1930s Shanghai recreated in suffocating detail.
Writing
Trust no one, including the script.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during peak COVID restrictions, the production's claustrophobic sets accidentally mirrored actual isolation. The actors reportedly couldn't leave set for months.
The title 'Belief' is deliberately untranslatable — the Chinese 信仰 carries religious weight that English 'belief' lacks, hinting at ideology as faith and Ma Tianmu's crisis of it.
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