Paper Butterfly

In the outback of China, Lin, a political activist arrested after the Tiananmen massacre, is released. Haunted by memories of his time in prison - and the events and people that put him there - Lin heads for the country's capital to confront his demons. Mei Wang, meanwhile, has been hired to investigate the disappearance of a gorgeous young starlet called Kaili. The subsequent search takes her from Beijing's boulevards and high rises to the old alleys (hutongs) that still exist at the...
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In the outback of China, Lin, a political activist arrested after the Tiananmen massacre, is released. Haunted by memories of his time in prison - and the events and people that put him there - Lin heads for the country's capital to confront his demons. Mei Wang, meanwhile, has been hired to investigate the disappearance of a gorgeous young starlet called Kaili. The subsequent search takes her from Beijing's boulevards and high rises to the old alleys (hutongs) that still exist at the city's edges. When Kaili's corpse is finally found, however, the murder reveals links to the past that force Mei to confront some demons of her own.