Meixian Li

A summer afternoon, the mother's sudden visit triggers some deep buried issues between she and her daughter. Homosexuality is a subject that would never be brought up between the mother and the daughter. As the woman keeps questioning her mother, the mother finally speaks up about the secret she hides deep inside. The conversation at the end of this scene is a goodbye from the woman to her mother, it is a cry from a lonely heart. To the woman, her mother is her each solitary moment.

In 2008, as China basks in Olympic glory, Xi, a domestic worker, remains haunted by the loss of her sister in a devastating earthquake. When she learns of her sister’s reincarnation, she becomes drawn to her employer’s unborn child, convinced it is her sister.