Huang Yan (Song Jia) manages the furnace at a crematorium. On one fateful afternoon, she mixes two sets of ashes at work, with the families of the dead receiving wrongful remains. The woman believes the bad luck coming from the mix-up is causing the deadly illness ravaging her body and, on a desperate attempt to save her life, sets out to undo her mistake with the unexpected help of a young girl caught in the embroil.
Aoqian Sun expertly traverses the lines between social drama and thriller to prod at questions of death and family within contemporary Chinese society.
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