BARREN

In a future population crisis, the childless face oppression. Desperately she joins a secret fertility center, unknowingly entering a brutal world that challenges her humanity.

In 2048, environmental pollution has made healthy newborns scarce. The government implements the “Barren Act”: those without offspring become second-class citizens, while those who procreate enjoy privileges and honor. Shi-yun, desperate due to infertility, joins the secret program at “Destiny Pregnancy Office.” Director Fang Yun implants a chip to control her memories, promising to help her conceive. Shi-yun befriends her roommate Xi-wei; they bond over shared loss, unaware that fate is weaving a web of betrayal.