Yi Ge Xia Tian

The story tells of two consecutive murders that occurred in the Longshan area, causing a huge public outcry and leaving the people restless and uneasy. The pressure on the police force intensified, prompting the establishment of the "118" major case task force, with Deputy Director Li Hui, in charge of criminal investigation, and Police Captain Guo Ming serving as the heads. With just over ten days left until retirement, Li Hui is determined to solve the case before retiring, to put a perfect end to his lifelong career in criminal investigation. However, behind the seemingly unrelated murders lies a carefully orchestrated conspiracy, shrouded in mystery. Through the collaboration of old and new detectives overcoming their past grievances, the fog eventually clears, and the truth is revealed.

The film shows the story of Helen Snow in China. After the Xi'an incident of 1936, Helen Snow, the wife of Edgar Snow and also an American journalist, comes back to to Xi'an. With her bravery, wisdom and help of friends, Helen escapes from the surveillance of the Kuomintang Nationalist Party government and manages to be one of the only western journalists to travel to Yan'an, in the northwest of China, and report on the Communist Party and Red Army activities.

One summer night, Zhen Liu’s husband, Xiao Ping, is arrested out of the blue and cannot be reached after being dragged away by the police 30 days earlier. Liu goes to the police in search of information about her husband, but to no avail. Her husband’s sudden disappearance slowly destroys her while her relationship with her kindergarten-age daughter becomes rocky as well. She visits her husband’s friends to ask for their help, but gets only various assumptions about his arrest in return. Liu manages to bring her former boyfriend and attorney Lv Xin on board and together they search for her husband. Thanks to Lv Xin’s connections, they locate where her husband is, but the police’s unreasonably demanding requests eventually discourage her husband’s release. An unassuming examination, shown in documentary style, of a Chinese society helpless under state power.