Emotional Crisis
Can a life built on deceit ever be rebuilt
The story follows a habitual liar whose endless deceptions finally exhaust his wife Liu Ting’s last shred of hope; she walks out and the marriage collapses. Convicted he can now “fly free like a little bird,” the freshly divorced man heads for a lakeside idyll with only a tent and his dog. The postcard-perfect solitude he imagined quickly reveals itself as emotional emptiness, forcing him to confront the hollowness beneath his charm and decide whether a life built on deceit can ever be rebuilt.
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Zhang Rui’s lead performance is a ninety-minute masterclass in wooden self-pity: every line lands with the thud of a cold read, the same glazed puppy-eyes deployed whether he’s confessing betrayal or ordering take-out. His soon-to-be ex-wife shows more life in her exit than he manages in the entire film, and the handful of bit players appear to have been kidnapped from a mall food court and forced