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The incident reveals other quiet cries that society ignores, and Shu Nian resolves to record those people in documentaries in the hope of changing something. Contemporary China is portrayed through young people searching for their futures, a struggle that remains the same across national borders. 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The university and society try to ignore them. Approaching graduation, Shu Nian realizes through younger student Xu Lai's suicide attempt that they, too, have unknowingly been on the side keeping silent. Hoping that documentaries recording those disappearing into society might change something, Shu Nian chooses university dropouts as the subject of a graduation project. The interviews reveal realities harsher than imagined and the dark face of contemporary Chinese society, but Shu Nian confronts them with inexperienced sincerity. Contemporary China is portrayed through young people searching for their futures, a struggle that remains the same across national borders. 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