In Chongqing, Wei is estranged from his daughter Fa; in Paris, Sabine is the terminally ill stepmother of Ren. Neither relationship is healthy. These disparate stories come together in virtual reality, aided by a mystical deer, in Flora Lau’s mind-bending cinematic spectacle.

Isabelle Huppert plays Sabine and Sandrine Pinna plays Ren, stepmother and daughter and Xiao Dong Guo’s Wei is the henchman to a powerful Chinese gangster, desperately trying to find his daughter. Both Ren and Wei separately enter LUZ, a popular virtual reality game, hoping to find answers. Flora Lau’s sophomore feature reveals a visionary director in complete control of these dualing realities.