Jia Zhangke’s film reflects his longstanding passion for melodrama. A woman travels from China to Turin to see her husband, but an unexpected departure leaves her alone, searching for herself again. The debut feature I Plant My Hand in the Garden surprises us by constant change, fluidity and metamorphoses. Hoda, an Iranian refugee in Berlin, is pregnant and in love with Boris, a queer man from Serbia. They decide to marry and raise the child, imagining a future on their own terms. Stories revolving around geographical distance and the elements that connect people, including cinema.