A crime happens, a perpetrator is convicted, order is restored, that’s how it usually works in crime stories, and that’s especially what the party leadership in China in the 1990s wanted. It quickly becomes apparent that Inspector Ma does not fit into the overall collective picture. Among his uniformed colleagues, he is often the only one in civilian clothes, with a black leather jacket, cigarette smoke wafts around his features, a glass of alcohol in his hand numbs his doubts.
Chinese film “Only The River Flows” in the cinema: A man and his doubts – Culture
