Set in a riverside community in Southwest China in 1975, just before the tumultuous end of the Cultural Revolution, follows 11-year-old Wang Han as he negotiates the onset of puberty while trying to decipher the anxious whispering of the surrounding adults—of Red Guards clashing with conservatives, and of a killer run loose in the woods. Han’s concerns are typical for someone his age— playing street games with friends, spying on local girls and fussing over school clothes—but things turn more serious after a strange encounter near the river.

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Drama