based on novel or book,investigation,friendship,murder,death,childhood friends,1990s,slow burn,suspense,thriller

Why Try to Change Me Now (2023)

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In the 1990s, a series of murders rocks a run-down industrial city in north-eastern China. Dalei Zhang, winner of a Silver Bear in 2021, adapts the award-winning novel “Moses on the Plain” by Xuetao Shuang with precision and poetry.

Cast & Crew

Director
Zhang Dalei
  • Profile picture of Dong Zijian
    Zhuang Shu Dong Zijian
  • Profile picture of Hai Qing
    Fu Dongxin Hai Qing
  • Profile picture of Qiu Tian
    Li Fei Qiu Tian
  • Profile picture of Liang Jingdong
    Li ShouLian Liang Jingdong
  • Profile picture of Wang Zheng
    Jiang Bufan Wang Zheng
  • Profile picture of Dong BaoShi
    Zhuang DeZeng Dong BaoShi
  • Profile picture of Jing Ai
    Fu Donghua Jing Ai
  • Profile picture of Wei Zixiang
    Surviving Taxi Driver Wei Zixiang
Poster for Season 1

Season 1

2023

6 episodes

Season 1 of Why Try to Change Me Now premiered on January 16, 2023

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Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • investigation
  • friendship
  • murder
  • death
  • childhood friends
  • 1990s
  • slow burn
  • suspense
  • thriller