Ni Jing: Thou Shalt Not Steal

Xiaofan, a young woman who works at a karaoke club in Chengdu, wakes up one morning in a remote forest with her clothes stained with blood and no memory of what happened. Disoriented and vulnerable, she tries to piece together the fragments of a night that seems to have been erased from her mind.

As fragments of her memory begin to return, Xiaofan relives a spiral of fear, betrayal, and violence shaped by her relationship with Chen Zhong, an unpredictable and emotionally unstable boyfriend. Confronted with the truth that emerges, she must make a decision that could change her life forever.

Ni Jing: Thou Shalt Not Steal explores the clash between intimacy, guilt, and survival in contemporary China through a psychologically intense narrative based on real events. The film offers a raw portrayal of power dynamics, emotional fragility, and the moral boundaries faced by a young woman trapped between love and fear.

Shot in Sichuan, combining Mandarin and the local dialect, the short film portrays a generation shaped by materialism, family pressure, and social hypocrisy. As the first project filmed in China by Roberto F. Canuto and Xu Xiaoxi after their work in the United States, the film inaugurates the Invisible Chengdutrilogy, consolidating their poetic and socially committed cinematic voice.