Project Description

A Parisian heiress and an American PI must team up to locate five Ming Dynasty plates to unlock a century-old mystery, but their quest quickly becomes a race against time to prevent a war and redeem shocking revelations about Chloe’s own family.

Parisian heiress Chloe Joubert journeys to Shanghai after inheriting a Ming Dynasty plate worth millions. Teaming up with American PI, Tom Connelly, she has to locate the other five plates in the set to unlock a century-old mystery, but their quest quickly becomes a race against time to prevent a war and redeem shocking revelations about Chloe’s own family.

Imagine the compelling code-breaking mystery of The Da Vinci Code but set in the tumultuous world of modern China, drenched in high art and geopolitical intrigue. A high-stakes thriller wrapped around one woman’s personal journey to rebuild her life and reconcile the sins of her bloodline.

Written by Andrew Low & Sarah Carter

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Collaborators

  • Andrew Low

    Andrew Low

    Andrew Low is a writer, producer, investor and director of a number of healthcare, education and non-profit organizations. He started his working life as a financial adviser to companies in the media, entertainment, telecom and technology sectors, and led major M&A and capital raising across Australia, Asia and Europe. Andrew then spent 12 years based in Hong Kong where he headed an Asian finance business across 13 countries and later became International Head of Investment Banking for China’s largest securities firm. In his forties, Andrew pivoted to the arts and to storytelling. He is a director of the Bell Shakespeare Company, Australia’s premiere national touring theater company, the Australian Ballet Foundation UK and on the Chairman’s Council of the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Andrew lives between London, Sydney and Paris, and has a deep interest in the art world as well as writing. He has drawn on his deep experience in China, Paris and the visual arts in creating the Paris Shanghai story.

  • sarah carter

    Sarah Carter

    Sarah Carter is a writer, director, actor, filmmaker, musician and CEO of Cheshire Moon Productions. Her success as an actor inspired a quiet pursuit of the director's chair. Working with a shadowing directors like Spike Lee, Judd Apatow, and Steven Spielberg, she discovered her own passion for filmmaking and the social impact of original storytelling. After shooting action films in China and Jakarta, Sarah gained a deep understanding of cross-cultural productions and a great interest in demystifying our differences. Her experiences working internationally have given her faith that love is the answer to even our most complex problems. She aims to have that hope reflected in her work along with the unique beauty she seeks to find in the darker corners of humanity.

    Her debut feature, “In Her Name”, recently won an Audience Award at Tribeca Film Festival and continues to collect accolades and recognition from international audiences, along with “A Pity”, a film she starred in and produced. “In Her Name” is available to stream now on Apple TV+, Prime Video, Kanopy, Google Play, and Fandango, with a Limited Edition Blu-Ray featuring a BTS documentary available exclusively on Amazon.