In China, you need a valid state I.D. to travel on a plane, attend a university, secure a marriage license, and sign most legal documents, just like here in America (but we’re probably a lot more indulgent about things like voting).
Abducted children who are trafficked into new homes are doubly victimized, because they will not be able to do any of these things without their birth certificates. They are effectively denied a future through no fault of their own. That is definitely the outlook for teenage abductee Ceng Shuai, and Lei Zekuan’s long-missing son is probably in a similar position. The two men’s related fates will lead to a bond of trust when they head out on the road together in Peng Sanyuan’s “Lost and Love.”
For 15 years, Lei has driven through China on a long-shot quest to find the missing infant son who was snatched away from his grandmother. He doggedly hands out fliers and drives through town after town trailing a banner of the young baby taken shortly before his disappearance. However, when Lei spies a notice for a recently kidnapped Zhou Tianyi, he has a banner made for her as well. He is obsessed, but compassionate.
