Are You Lonesome Tonight?

'Are You Lonesome Tonight?' (Official Selection 2021 Cannes Film Festival), a neo-noir thriller set against the backdrop of the 1990s Chinese economic reform. It explores the entangled relationship between a hit-and-run driver, the victim's widow, and an obsessed detective. Besides Cannes, it was an Official Selection at the Toronto International Film Festival, and won an audience award at the San Sebastián Film Festival.

Synopsis:
On a dark night, Xueming hits a pedestrian with his car and flees the scene. Desperate to escape his feelings of guilt, he decides to approach the dead man’s wife, Mrs Liang. Meanwhile, the body is discovered – riddled with bullets. Chen, the detective in charge of the investigation, becomes obsessed with the case. Years later, all three remain caught in a tangled web of memories and lies, desperately searching for a truth that refuses to be revealed…