Play House

Monkey has spent years working behind the scenes in a theatre company, barely scraping by in the big city. Day after day, her life feels stuck on repeat. In 2020, her boyfriend, Leo, returned to his hometown and took his own life. Since then, his absence has lingered like a shadow, haunting every street she walks, every breath she takes. Caught in the same routines, she tries to reach out, to share the weight of her exhaustion. But all she hears is: “You should be grateful. You’re already so lucky.”

Following an accident that the grandpa of the family slipped in a public bathhouse and couldn't be cured, an ordinary, modern Chinese family - composed of four generations from grandma to great granddaughter - struggles to confront their respective challenges at different life stages.

Xiaoxiang, a 55-year-old woman who lives with her idling bachelor son, meets a man who makes a living by arranging local death ceremonies. Their hearts inch closer toward each other, but nothing can change her caged life.

An older man, around 50, looking for a mistress.