A 30-year mystery surrounding the property rights to a courtyard. The tenants live by one ironclad rule: family shame stays within the family.
When independent journalist Li Mingyuan moves into the web of alleys and rooms in this traditional courtyard, his camera captures a mild-mannered tenant sorting through mysterious documents late at night, agent Zhao Hai signing contradictory contracts with each household, and a faded property agreement washed out by a rainstorm.
A fire destroys the evidence. A recording shatters the peace. And a charred remittance slip leads to the developer’s dirty dealings.
On a stormy night, long-time residents, an undercover auxiliary police officer, and a tenant working undercover close in. When the police sirens finally cut through the graffiti of tip-line numbers on the courtyard walls, thirty years of silence and complicity come crashing down on a live broadcast.
