Director: Zhou Ziyang
Country/Region: China
Synopsis: Yang Hua and Miao Wei is a happily married couple living in Wuhai, a small city surrounded with astonishing desert scene in inner Mongolia. The husband Yang Hua often feels stressed over the financial differences between the two families. He partners with his friend Luo Yu in the commercial lending business, which fails and gets him bogged down in debts.
One day, Yang Hua’s family, friends, debts collectors, and debtors oddly come one after another, erode and finally deprive him of the last bit of dignity. In the darkest night, he feels helpless and hopeless.