A young woman who has lost her first love begins a relationship with his best friend, and the two of them attempt to create a baggage-free future.
Acting
Xu Jinglei's restrained devastation—she barely blinks and it destroys you.
Direction
Zhang Yuan's static frames force you to sit in discomfort.
Writing
Dialogue so spare you read silences like subtitles.
Director
Zhang Yuan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of China's 'Sixth Generation' cinema movement, Zhang Yuan shot this underground after government bans—explains the claustrophobic, hidden feeling throughout.
The apartment they share was Tong Dawei's actual Beijing flat; Xu Jinglei's discomfort in those spaces is partially genuine unfamiliarity.
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