Even when Jia turns to footage shot specifically for this film, he maintains an elliptical approach to narrative. The concluding contemporary episode is as much a document of China under lockdown as it is the end of an anti-romance. One humorous sequence includes a radio broadcast bluntly criticizing the American failure to implement and enforce containment measures while security personnel scan temperatures with a laser thermometer. Rarely have the twin failures of narcissistic libertarianism and authoritarian safety theater been so effectively juxtaposed.
— Forrest Cardamenis (Reverse Shot)
Synopsis: Years after her boyfriend left her for the big city and promised to bring her there after he’s settled down, a Chinese woman sets out on a journey to be reunited with him.