The humanistic and poetic story of a fragile man trying to achieve a simple task where his main obstacle is within himself.

In Chinese, ‘golden-age’ and ‘mirage’ share the same sound. Amid the 2024 economic decoupling, a single mother struggling to keep accessories business afloat in Yiwu, China’s largest export hub, must come to terms with memories of her late father's orchid on the Winter Solstice and reclaim her opera job to fund her son's overseas study. It enters into a dialogue with the early styles of Tsai Ming-liang and Chantal Akerman.