What is an image—what is cinema? Through richly textured combinations of film-shot visuals and sound, this central question is brought to life. Guided by the words of Laozi, the film explores cinema as an art of “time,” while weaving together metaphors of “cycles,” “chains,” and “matter”—elements that humanity can never escape. The way these metaphors interconnect and flow like a string of prayer beads offers a compelling and thought-provoking experience not to be missed.

What is an image—what is cinema? Through richly textured combinations of film-shot visuals and sound, this central question is brought to life. Guided by the words of Laozi, the film explores cinema as an art of “time,” while weaving together metaphors of “cycles,” “chains,” and “matter”—elements that humanity can never escape. The way these metaphors interconnect and flow like a string of prayer beads offers a compelling and thought-provoking experience not to be missed.

纽约州人民集体控告克劳蒂心智不健，行为威胁大众安全。可怜的克劳蒂完全被吓坏了，她的坦率直言，竟被形容为具有杀伤力，目中无人，于是她振作精神；全力反控，一场法院里的审判会，与法院公设辩护人员展开精彩辩论……

纽约州人民集体控告克劳蒂心智不健，行为威胁大众安全。可怜的克劳蒂完全被吓坏了，她的坦率直言，竟被形容为具有杀伤力，目中无人，于是她振作精神；全力反控，一场法院里的审判会，与法院公设辩护人员展开精彩辩论……

Athens. Nothing seems to move. The locals seem as still as statues. While at the same time, somewhere, a caryatid is escaping from a museum and a small group of people demands the destruction of all antiques. Would film be the only way to avoid stone-cold indifference?

Athens. Nothing seems to move. The locals seem as still as statues. While at the same time, somewhere, a caryatid is escaping from a museum and a small group of people demands the destruction of all antiques. Would film be the only way to avoid stone-cold indifference?

由一则男友陈放的策展报道引爆的隐离婚事实，让南飞备受“小三”舆论围剿，更由于陈放在家庭责任与爱人名分之间两难选择而导致南飞单方面提出分手，投奔上海婚期将近的闺蜜齐家宜，不料正撞上闺蜜的临阵悔婚，助其“解套”短暂婚姻之后，两人联名买房，缔结闺蜜同盟。为了躲避父母催婚，在齐家宜的“拉郎配”下，患有抑郁症的华尔街海归邻居焦岳与南飞组成临时假情侣。不料蒙在鼓里的双方父母轮番上阵逼婚大战，不明真相千里追爱的陈放与以男闺蜜自居实则暗恋南飞多年的凌骄阳也化敌为友联手对焦岳开展“鉴渣”行动，由此引发了一系列啼笑皆非的误会……

因一则陈放的策展报导，无意间抖出南飞（宋茜 饰）与陈放（陆毅 饰）的各自前史，选择隐离婚的陈放，让南飞冠以“小三”被众人谴责与诬蔑，南飞有口难辩…