The Lost We Lost

The Lost We Lost is a story about the loneliness of ordinary people in a small Chinese city, one summer more than ten years ago. In a summer the characters have nearly forgotten, a young person left behind at a grocery store longs for something, a woman at a hair-washing salon hums a song, and a tattoo shop owner who usually looks cold only smiles when his younger sister visits. Two people of different genders, both called “A-Fei,” become involved, but it is unclear who falls in love first.

What remains of that summer is the memory of someone unforgettable suddenly appearing beside you, like a disaster.