Jimmy Liao on his motivations and inspiration for this book: "I love the cinema. If one could cry out all the tears of sorrow in human life in a movie theater, that would be wonderful. In the spring of 2005, I decided to create a book to pay homage to the cinema that I love dearly. I am grateful to it for providing me with temporary places of refuge and endless strength during moments in my life when I didn't know where to turn." A young girl searching for her mother in the cinema. A young office worker who experiences joy and sorrow in love after a movie and finds comfort for her life in the cinema. A mother taking her young daughter to the movies to rediscover her youth. These storylines intertwine to create a touching life story, where life unfolds in the cinema.