In Paris a young man named Akou (Jieyuan Chen) is awakened by a phone call. The voice orders spicy Szechuan beef and wontons. This is how Akou’s day begins. He doesn’t have a regular job; instead, he makes a living by disguising himself in different roles during the day and turning his rented room into a party for overseas Chinese at night. Today, he is playing a chef, and he needs to go out to buy beef and vegetables. There are people that want to leave the city and people that want to move to it. In a state of unbearable loneliness and depression, the party is held in Paris each night.

Ju Anqi wrote the script for this film in one night before returning to China after a three month stint in Paris. Shot over the course of three days, the film breaks through the confines of its crude production conditions. The actors are mainly young Chinese who were studying and working in Paris.

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