One morning in autumn, just after breakfast, Jia Jia finds her husband dead in the bathtub of their Beijing apartment.Next to him is a piece of folded paper, a sketch of a strange creature from his dream.
He has left her no other sign.
Young, alone, and with many unanswered questions, Jia Jia sets out on a journey.
It takes her deep into her past where, for the very first time, she begins to have a sense of her future.