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Sheep Without a Shepherd (2019)

Sheep Without a Shepherd poster
Original title
误杀
Directed by
Sam Quah
Genre
drama film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 52m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 112 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family man uses his wits to cover up a crime committed by his wife and daughter. He must outsmart a determined police investigator who is closing in on them.

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What happens

Sheep Without a Shepherd (Chinese: 误杀; pinyin: Wù Shā; lit. 'Manslaughter') is a 2019 Chinese crime thriller film directed by Sam Quah (柯汶利) and produced by Chen Sicheng. It is an official remake of the 2013 Indian Malayalam film Drishyam. The film stars Xiao Yang, Tan Zhuo, and Joan Chen. Sheep Without a Shepherd was released in China on 13 December 2019 in conventional and IMAX formats. It became the 9th highest-grossing Chinese film in 2019, grossing US$199 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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