A young filmmaker returns to China from study abroad, speaking French on the phone. He journeys from Shanghai to a remote monastery . A subtle, intimate and mysterious study in contrasts that touches on family, loss, guilt and creativity. Here is a China in transition, with confusion and alienation along with the steady beat of Buddhist chants.A young filmmaker returns to China from study abroad, speaking French on the phone. He journeys from Shanghai to a remote monastery . A subtle, intimate and mysterious study in contrasts that touches on family, loss, guilt and creativity. Here is a China in transition, with confusion and alienation along with the steady beat of Buddhist chants.