Only the River Flows

Ma Zhe (Zhu Yilong), a dedicated police detective in a rural riverside town in 1990s China, wants the string of brutal murders solved properly, not just closed. When his superiors push for a quick result, a suspect is arrested and his colleagues celebrate, but a few clues keep pulling him back to the case alone. Wei Shujun films the town in damp, murky light and lets the unease build slowly.