The Shadowless Tower

Gu Wentong is a divorced food critic with a daughter he left in the care of his sister. The discovery of the location of his father, with whom he has had no contact since he was a child, in a coastal city 300km from Beijing, and a new relationship with a fellow photographer will lead him to reconsider his roles in life as father, son and lover. In this romantic and charming film, Zhang Lü explores the possibility of recovering all the emotional and spiritual fragments that are lost throughout life to prevent them from being forgotten. People come closer to each other and move away again, but the sights and sounds remain to witness their passing.