A noirish stunner about a lost soul on a quest to find a missing woman from his past. Following leads across Guizhou province, the man crosses paths with a series of colorful characters, among them a prickly hairdresser. When the search leads him to a dingy movie theater, the film launches into an hour-long, gravity-defying 3D sequence shot that plunges its protagonist, and viewers, into a dreamlike, labyrinthine cityscape.