A TIME

A coming-of-age revelation deep within the global Chinese soul.

Wild-hearted Si-Mao leaps from a diving board, only to plunge into an empty pool. In that instant, his life is frozen at youth’s brightest—and cruelest—moment.
Si-Mao remains in a coma for forty years, while the accident reshapes the lives of his closest friends. Baobei, who loves him deeply, meets Si-Mao’s unknown twin brother in Japan and seeks comfort in him. Sun Jie flees to America, burdened by a guilt she cannot outrun. Bound by loyalty and weighed down by disappointment, A-Wen and Mianyang struggle to stay afloat between the underworld and the realities of life.
As familiar melodies play, Si-Mao’s soul seems to stand outside time, watching everyone pay their own price for love, atonement, and survival.
When the old friends finally reunite, the brutal truth is revealed. Amid the clamor, Si-Mao slowly opens his eyes. What awaits him: long-delayed redemption, or regret beyond repair?