Nominated for the EMAF Media Art Award of the Association of German Film Critics (VdFk)

Mandarin with English subtitles

After retiring from the People’s Liberation Army in China, an officer relocates to a Buddhist monastery. There, he is tasked with managing the temple’s thousands of keys – but matching them seems impossible. Leveraging his computer science expertise, he attempts to establish a perfect key management system. Meanwhile, his daughter films his silhouette. The two exist in close proximity, yet every opportunity for communication remains unspoken.

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