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A female reporter (Huang Lu) ventures into hostile territory in Yang Yishu’s sharp, cerebral thriller about power and repression in China. Xiayin tries to investigate injustices near her Yangtze River home of Nanjing, but her cautious editor shuts her down. Frozen out of her lifeless marriage, she embarks on a perilous trip to the countryside to report on a case of industrial poisoning. Yang’s low-key, reflective approach unfolds dreamlike mysteries with a gentle beauty.



Director: Yang Yishu
Cast: Huang Lu, Lin Zheyuan, Feng Yizhi, Chai Meiying, Jin Meimei

Runtime: 105 mins

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