(Spoilers involved, read with caution)
Ruby is a drug addict, but since she met her girlfriend Lulu, she quit drugs, became a drummer, and fully supported her career; while her girlfriend, Lulu, left her broken family and hated her father who caused her mother to commit suicide. Relying on Ruby's care to live. The two live in an RV and tour around. Lulu is in the heavy metal style. Ruby fully supports her dream that one day she can release a record. Ruby takes care of Lulu's daily life. Although the two are very poor, they live in That moving home is also happy. Suddenly Ruby lost his hearing, the drummer could no longer play, and he had to go to the Deaf Mutual Aid Community to get used to the deaf life, and Lulu also returned to his rich father because he lost his support. Ruby, who had already adjusted to life with deafness, found that Lulu's career had improved. Afraid of losing Lulu, she sold everything for cochlear surgery, but the result did not meet expectations. He exchanged his and Lulu's home for a cloth. In a world full of noisy voices, in order to survive by relying on her father, Lulu can only go against her own nature and dress up as her father wishes, sing the songs her father wishes, and live in the life circle defined by her father. Although Lu Lu still loves Ruby, both Ruby and Lu Lu know that he can no longer be Lu Lu's support. Ruby has nothing, and the deaf mutual aid community can no longer accept a person who does not agree with his deafness and undergoes surgery. The world of normal people is too difficult for Ruby, and he has become an outsider in both worlds. When he took off his cochlea and returned to the silent world, he might have realized what the person in charge said to him, that the happiness he has been pursuing all his life is inner peace. For Ruby, no matter how bad he was before, he had already changed his mind and dreamed of living a good life. Just as happiness was slowly approaching, fate took everything away from him, and he was kicked back into the quagmire. All his struggles and efforts It was all in vain, and the gears of fate were spinning in opposite directions. And Lulu has to go against her nature and live as a parasitic because she always depends on others. The sound effects of the entire film deliberately imitate the sound perception of deaf people, so that the audience can experience the feelings and pain of Ruby's hearing loss. At the end of the film, Ruby's future life is not clearly stated, but it is believed that after he feels inner peace, he will find his own path again.
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