Taxi driver Zhang Zhiyong roams the city, picking up a diverse range of passengers. Among them is a woman from out of town looking for her husband, a young internet celebrity searching for her father, and a security guard scattering his father's ashes into the river. Each passenger carries their own unspoken loneliness, and Zhang Zhiyong has his own story as well. His taxi is a journey through life itself.
Yu Pengfei
Zhang Zhiyong
Gao Yun
He Xi
Yihong Ou
Xiaowu
Taxi driver Zhang Zhiyong roams the city, picking up a diverse range of passengers. Among them is a woman from out of town looking for her husband, a young internet celebrity searching for her father, and a security guard scattering his father's ashes into the river. Each passenger carries their own unspoken loneliness, and Zhang Zhiyong has his own story as well. His taxi is a journey through life itself.
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