A retired widower from Beijing who travels to Spokane to support his divorced daughter, Yilan. He navigates emotional distance and physical avoidance from her while uncovering family secrets about his own past. Through parallel park bench conversations with Madame and intense confrontations with Yilan, he gradually achieves mutual understanding and reconciliation before embarking on a solo train journey.
Biological parent-child bond driving the narrative.
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