Lights in the World, Love Like the Stars

Lin Wan and Zhou Yu: age difference + emotional control vs desire for freedom, the core of the conflict. Lin Wan and her parents: She once thought that freedom was flying without restraint; Later I realized that true freedom is knowing that someone is willing to leave a light for you, and you can still choose to travel far. Lin Wan, a 35-year-old urban woman, is marginalized in the workplace and suppressed and suffocated in her relationships. Her identity as a mother and her lover's expectations are like two airtight nets, trapping her in the gap between "independence" and "being loved." She decided to escape - planning a quick self-driving trip to Xinjiang, taking her parents, 4-year-old daughter Xiaoshu, and her lover Zhou Yu, who is 7 years younger than her. This is a journey that looks like a family trip, but is actually the exile and redemption of her own soul. Starting from Shanghai, we cross the Hexi Corridor, drive through the vastness of Dunhuang, pass through the loneliness of the Gobi, and arrive at the blue of Sailimu Lake. Five people and one car, in a small space, magnify the emotional cracks that are covered up in daily life: - Is parental love considerate or restrictive? - Is the lover's protection affectionate or controlling? - Is her freedom unrestrained or an escape? During the journey, conflicts continued to break out: She is obsessed with taking pictures and ignores Zhou Yu's existence, and he is mistaken for a "stalker"; The car broke down in the desert, and he stayed vigil all night long, but she still refused to embrace him; After arriving in Urumqi, she insisted on going to "Youle Bar" to release her depression, but he objected fiercely, followed, argued, and had a cold war, and finally she broke up with him; After returning home, he wore her favorite old shirt and sat between the beds.