2002

Director: Zhang Yibai
Camera: Zhao Xiaoding, Gao Fei
Cast: Xu Jinglei, Geng Le
Scenario: Liu Fengdou
Art Designer: An Bin, Tian Yong
Sound: Wu Lala
Music: Zhang Yadong

Running time: 90'

The story starts with a 'white lie.' Jian Bin, played by Geng Le ('In the Heat of the Sun') has been unemployed for three months but cannot bring himself to tell his wife of seven years (Xu Jing Lei -- 'I Love You'). Their relationship is wearing down, they are unable to communicate. Every morning he puts on a suit and tie, takes his briefcase and pretends to leave for work. But instead of going to work he spends the day riding the subway. In the subway, he discovers other couples and other worlds. Each couple has a different rhythm and a different way of communicating. Meanwhile, Jian Bin becomes desperate as he begins to run out of money and excuses. And his wife has secrets too . . . Much of the action was shot in the new line of the Beijing subway.