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CHINA · 2006

Confession of Pain

Alan Mak Siu-Fai & Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
murder investigation detective noir corruption and wealth emotional trauma father-in-law relationship
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Synopsis

In a city of love and prosperity, a city of lost hope and premature death, veteran detective Hei feels it all: the hurt, the helplessness, the horror. When his father-in-law, the billionaire benefactor Kim, is gruesomely murdered in his palatial mansion, he enlists the assistance of his former partner turned private detective.

Year2006
CountryChina
DirectorAlan Mak Siu-Fai & Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
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