一个城市在成长着，总会有它的滞留物，瓜山就是这样一个被折叠了的城中村。影片通过无言的群像、散开的视角，以平静克制的语言记录下一个乏味的小村子和那里平凡的日常，在一次搬迁中，它们静默地消失。“最深邃的是表面的皮肤。”当摄影机以足够的耐心去擦拭空间、凝视人们，生命和时间的动人，会像一个个漩涡一样翻涌而出。

A'e, a widow approaching seventy, lives with her unmarried son Shi'an. When her recently divorced daughter Shining returns home with a child, an invisible wall settles over the family. One cold winter, A'e is swindled while trying to buy herself a cashmere sweater — and the incident cracks open the old house's hidden grief, forcing each member to face what they have long buried.