Chine / 2025 / Fiction / 22’53”I2601583
[EN] A kidnapping case triggered by paternal debt unfolds as three ransomers abduct a boy and flee back to their rural hometown to claim the reward. The eldest brother, driven by his loyalty to Third Brother's (Briain) impending marriage, reluctantly rejoins the criminal scheme. Meanwhile, Second Brother (Erpizi) secretly embezzles part of the ransom to settle gambling debts. As the trio transports their young captive through treacherous backroads, a twisted game of cat-and-mouse erupts between the kidnappers and their victim. Both parties desperately seek escape - the boy from his captors, and the ransomers from their own collapsing lives. Black humor permeates their chaotic journey as fate's cruel irony repeatedly collides with their reckless choices. Caught in this existential struggle, the four characters grapple with existential liberation: Can they ever truly escape the chains of their own making? Will their futile bids for redemption outpace the inevitability of retribution? A darkly comedic odyssey of moral decay and cyclical destiny begins to unfold scene after scene...
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