In the future society after the passage of the End of Dignity Act, every citizen will have the autonomy to end his life.
Shen Jueyu is the chief companion of the hospice center. In the past seven years, he has gently supported countless falling lives, but he himself stands on the edge of the cliff. Nineteen-year-old Su Weijing submitted the application for only four words: existential nihility. Seventy-six-year-old Zhou Zhichang suffered from advanced lung cancer and calmly made an appointment to return home.
The seventy-two-hour statutory waiting period caused three parallel lines to unexpectedly intersect.
The silent girl, the tired companion, and the calm old man began a silent revolution about "why to live" in the autumn when the parasol trees and snow fell.
From the tears outside the delivery room to the "Peony Pavilion" in the ward, from the named doves in the square to the bowls reshaped in clay, in a world where death is within reach, they use the most fragile way to support and illuminate each other.
When the leaves of the sycamore trees have fallen away, the quiet river still flows slowly.
This story asks: How do we learn to live in an era when we can choose to die?
Intention: Live with depth and solemnity in the finite nature of life - realize that death does not make this moment void, but makes this moment precious.