TV series

Belief

2021 · 1 season

A slow-burning, talky espionage drama that keeps you leaning in to track shifting loyalties and quiet dangers.

Overview: In 1931, due to betrayal by traitors, the party's underground organization in Shanghai was severely damaged, and the revolutionary cause fell into white terror. Ma Tian Mu, a young party member who was injured in the Northern Expedition was ordered to go to France. Under the guidance of his superior Wu Zhong Xin and the cooperation of comrades, he walked among all kinds of bureaucratic gentry and police gangs.
How it feels: Tense, dark, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Betrayal, loyalty, politics, conspiracy
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
loyalty
politics
conspiracy
survival
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: drama, action & adventure, mystery, war & politics
Created by: Zhaohui Gong
Written by: Lang Xuefeng
Starring: Zhang Luyi, Nie Yuan, Cecilia Han Xue, Guo Xiaoting, Cao Weiyu, Zhang Fan, Huo Qing, Zheng Luoqian
Length: 1 seasons, 40 episodes, 45 min each
Network: Beijing Television, Tencent Video
Country: China
Languages: Mandarin