Against the background of the decline of the old industrial base in Northeast China, Ye Yan and Li Yuxin started from the prank of rattan stools in kindergarten, and were bound by the causal chain of flames and longevity locks for half their lives. When childhood burns become imprinted in genes, when the sunflowers on the ruins sprout metal roots, two people carrying fire dance the tango at the critical point of destruction and redemption. Teacher Xiaoyun's shattered silver bells, Lin Xiaotang's burned braids, and unsent letters under the ice of the Hun River, weave together a growth apocalypse written in ashes—some flames are destined to burn through eighteen springs and autumns before they can shine through the moonlight locked in the embers.
Purpose: To explore how original scars can become torches that light up the dark corners of life, and to find the possibility of symbiosis between violence and tenderness in the cycle of generations and the pain of the times.