What’s in the Darkness
2016A serial murder case rocks a small town in China's semi-rural Hebei province. The film explores the case from the viewpoint of a teenage schoolgirl, Jing (Su Xiaotong), who becomes entangled with the case while struggling with her own burgeoning sexuality. In the face of police ineptitude and authoritarianism, and the restrictive, conservative mentality of the town's locals, Jing begins to develop her own theory about the case.
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Su Xiaotong
as Qu Jing
Guo Xiao
as Qu Zhicheng
Lu Qiwei
as Zhang Xue
Wu Juejin
as Teacher
Liu Dan
as Qu Jing's mother
Luo Wei
as Brother Liu Chao
Deng Gang
as Suspect
Wang Zhengping
as Grandpa Liu
Zhou Kui
as Zhang Shulin
Jiang Xueming
as Zhao Fei
Wu Juejin
as Chinese teacher
Ren Long
as School principal
Liu Jieyi
as Jiang Si
Jia Zhigang
as Zhao Fei's father
Li Shiru
as Chief Cao
Gu Qilin
as Han Jian
Li Mei
as Zhao Fei's mother
Qi Jiu
as Security bureau director
Zi Gang
as Security bureau staff
Yuye Han
as Wang Lanlan
Feng Tian
as Jan Sanpang
Shi Ying
as Music teacher
Jia Yan
as Barber shop boss
Ma Chenxiang
as Barber shop boss's wife
Yu Zhengnan
as Young police