The Commitment (2018)

Release Date: 2018-08-27
Runtime: 1h 51min
Production Country: China
Director: Lu Jian

In the mountains of Guizhou, quarry owner Yu goes to inform a woman, Maizi, that her husband is in a coma after a quarry accident. But Yu is attracted to the sensual, hardheaded Maizi, and concocts a story to make her think she is indebted to him. The entanglements that follow evoke some of the painful impacts of China's modernization.