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In his second feature film Da Fei tells a warm story of the cross-generational friendship between two strangers: Jia, an older man who has lost his son, and Seven, a middle school girl who runs from debt with her mother.

 

As a coffin painter, the traditional Chinese craftsman who draws religious symbols on coffins, Jia witnesses people’s different attitudes towards their families living and dead.

 

As time passes by, the three characters with distinct personalities drift closer and bring company and warmth to each other. 

 

Jia waits for the killer to leave prison. Seven and her mother move to his neighborhood, which changes him. Will he still want vengeance?

 

By depicting the mundane daily life in the remote town, Da Fei embodies people’s loneliness in an indifferent world.

The sincere and gloomy tone of the film drives us to feel the characters’ burdens and sorrow.