A middle-aged couple who had been married for seven years and whose passion had faded, accidentally discovered that they could make money by secretly filming and extorting cheating men and women in a hotel due to financial pressure and emotional difficulties. In the process of conducting this "business," they glimpsed all kinds of secrets and devastation in contemporary marriages, forcing the two to re-examine their troubled relationship. What started as an accidental discovery of a friend's cheating and successful blackmail has gradually developed into an organized "catch-and-rape" business. In the process, they encountered various cases of derailment and discovered the secrets hidden between each other.
Based on the life records of the couple Feng Yongming and Yuan Yuan, it deeply analyzes the complex entanglements between economic pressure, social roles, human desires and the marriage system. It is a black love letter written to contemporary East Asian couples.
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The hardships of life can destroy human nature. Good article. Worth reading.
The hardships of life can destroy human nature. Good article. Worth reading.