Nineteen Years of Pursuit premiered and the screenwriter of Forensic Medicine Qin Ming directed for the first time.

1905 movie network news On October 14th, the film Nineteen Years After Murder premiered at the 3rd Pingyao International Film Festival and held a press conference. The film was produced by Seimi Zhang, directed by Xu Xiangyun, starring Wang Longzheng, Huang Lu and Song Ningfeng, and was shortlisted for the "Hidden Dragon" unit of this film festival. Director Xu Xiang Yun and actor Wang Longzheng attended the conference and shared behind the scenes of film creation.

The story of "Nineteen Years of Chasing the Murder" is based on a serial murder case marked by daisies, focusing on the journey of two grass-roots criminal policemen, Liu Yibo (Wang Longzheng) and He Chen (Song Ningfeng), who fought to the end with the truth. The film is Xu Xiangyun’s directorial debut, and he was the screenwriter of the online dramas Forensic Medicine Qin Ming and Ten Deaths.

Xu Xiangyun introduced that this film was deeply influenced by director david fincher. He started writing scripts in 2016, and the film started in early 2018. Although he has written many online dramas about crimes, after deeply understanding the life of criminal police groups, he wants to show their real situation from different angles.

"I’m making a new attempt. The first half is different from the second half. The first half is done in the way of traditional genre films, and the influence of the case on them is aggravated later." Xu Xiangyun revealed that he found that the police often spend a long time investigating the same murder case, which is like "hitting the wall with ghosts". This process has caused great physical and mental changes to them, which triggered his creative inspiration.

Liu Yibo, the leading actor, needs to face the ups and downs of his career and the responsibilities of his family. Xu Xiangyun admits that this character has his own personal color and sentiment. Wang Longzheng, the actor, also said that this contradictory role was the reason that attracted him to play. The role had to go through a time span of 19 years, with great psychological changes before and after, reflecting the unknown side of the police.

Wang Longzheng has appeared in film and television works with criminal themes, such as "White Night Chasing the Murder" and so on. When talking about why he often plays the role of a policeman, he said that it is a kind of fate, because he likes watching crime movies since he was a child, and many friends around him are policemen. Knowing them better can also help him ponder and perform the role.

It is reported that the film "Nineteen Years of Pursuit" will be released nationwide on November 22nd.