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Plot
A Chinese woman lives quietly for herself and celebrates the flourishing Belle Époque with songs and dances. The heroine does not have a single line of dialogue in the entire film. Plot: Qiaoqiao and Bin, deeply in love, enjoy the city life together by singing and dancing. Their happiness is suddenly shattered when Bin leaves to seek opportunities elsewhere. Qiaoqiao resolutely sets out to find him. Nominated for the Palme d’Or at the 2024 Cannes Film FestivalA quiet tale of loneliness and industrialization through snippets of changing cities, exhausted landscapes, structures, songs, and personal hopes that lie deep in the heart of China and its people are etched. Jhangke juxtaposes scenes from his previous films to match the timelines covered in the film, which fit seamlessly into the narrative.