A Documentary Detective Story.
What would you do if you found a suitcase containing 22 rolls of undeveloped film in a Swedish dumpster? This gripping detective documentary follows the fascinating journey of a Czech film crew, who on developing the negatives, put their own identity on hold to discover those of the six unknown Chinese tourists captured in the 756 snapshots. Three years later, the story becomes part of the Chinese TV industry viewed by more than 300 000 000 Chinese citizens.
How difficult is it to find 6 men in a country of 1.3 billion people? Every picture truly does tell a thousand words. A documentary about culture and identity, about memory and images, about deception and reality, the film shows that nothing is ever lost.