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Mandy goes to the Cecil Hotel in order to get some pictures about the mysterious death of Elisa Lam.

At the end of the Ming dynasty, the Tian family’s pharmacy in Jianchang Prefecture suffers repeated attacks from bandits. Tian Chongming and Zhou Tianyin risk their lives to rescue the medicines, but tragedy strikes when the drugs cause the deaths of soldiers. The Tian family faces a death sentence, and the shocking truth emerges — the mastermind behind it all is Zhou Tianyin’s own father, Zhou Wanting. Once exposed and executed, his betrayal leaves the two sworn brothers divided by loyalty, guilt, and a blood feud that neither can escape.

Only the dry wind in the wilderness is waiting for the hero to visit again seven years later. This is a wonderful natural paradise in childhood memories, this is the first date, the place where the name is carved on the stone. Today, things are different, time is as quiet as the sea. There is only the sound of the wind here. Facing the sadness agitated by the past and the future, the young people snorted tiredly after playing. At the same time, several other young people have passed the last period of restlessness in their youth.

Imitating the narrative flows of a reality show, Tao creates a fictional scene of mediation, presenting a Chinese family’s complex relationship dynamics. As the plot unfolds, Tao highlights the touchy feelings and melodramatic relationships between the scene’s women. The tension between characters, as well as the film’s final chaotic climax, continuously explore character roles and their performativity. Tao recreates scenes from the night of the shoot and invites the audience to join and watch it “live,” thereby creating a passage from reality into this fictional world.