The Fundamentals

Police inspector Luo’s daily tasks consist of investigating petty crimes and escorting the elderly home in Chunding, a provincial riverside town in Taiwan. Every day is a monotonous blur until the peace is shattered by the horrific discovery of 25 decapitated bodies drifting down the town’s river. With the headless corpses unidentifiable due to water rot—and his own inexperience with murder cases—Luo finds himself completely lost. Silvia, a sharp and sophisticated investigator from the big city, is sent to take charge of the case. Combining Silvia’s fact-driven approach with Luo’s deep knowledge of the town and its customs, they uncover a chilling pattern: all the victims were born via C-section. A hidden cult lurks among the seemingly kind-hearted people of Chunding, worshipping natural order and rejecting artificial intervention and modern medicine. To them, C-section births defy nature and must be erased. The case turns personal when Luo realizes that his lover—a man half [...] Détails du projet et contacts sur Series Mania+