Judge (2009)

Directed by

Jie Liu

How it feels

In 1997 in a small northern Chinese city, a man awaits execution for stealing cars. The judge overseeing his case is grieving his own daughter's death in a traffic accident involving a stolen vehicle. After a legal change offers the man a chance to avoid execution, he offers to donate a kidney to a wealthy businessman. The businessman then discovers that the man must be executed for the donation to proceed, forcing the judge to revisit the case.

sombercontemplativetensemelancholicslow-burnmorally complexpoignantbleak

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