Qiao Yan, a celebrated Chinese star, is tired of her glamorous life and considers breaking from her manager and business partner. When her estranged sister suddenly appears in Beijing - just as Qiao Yan becomes the target of anonymous blackmailing - her carefully controlled world begins to fall apart. Haunted by memories of a troubled childhood in rural Yunnan, she must confront her past while navigating a career crisis that threatens both her emotional stability and her sense of identity.

After the film, Kristof Van den Troost will interview author Zhang Yueran, whose novella Sister inspired the screenplay.

KRISTOF VAN DEN TROOST is a Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the Centre for China Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). His first book, Hong Kong Crime Films: Criminal Realism, Censorship and Society, 1947-1986, was published by Edinburgh University Press in 2023. His work has also appeared in journals such as Screen, Journal of Chinese Cinemas, Asian Cinema, Asian Education and Development Studies and in various edited volumes