The movie sensation on Tien Wen Chu's novel is based on the way how a camera watches the world, which emphasizes on context reframing, juxtaposition, and montage style. The three elements express the space mode of the frame formation and scene connection and demonstrate the constraints and the contrasts in life. The theatrical style in a way echoes the ”firm-and-gentle-disturbance” approach commonly observed in Eileen Chang's novels.