In 2003, a group of young artists quietly carried out an audacious experiment: they built and furnished a hidden apartment inside a bustling shopping mall, slipping in and out unnoticed for years. What began as a daring act of urban mischief soon evolved into something far more profound. As they secretly documented their lives behind the walls of consumerism, the space transformed into a refuge — a place of friendship, creativity, and resistance against the relentless pulse of commercial culture. Blending humor, tension, and unexpected emotion, this remarkable true story explores how a simple hidden room became a powerful statement about community, art, and belonging. Through rare footage and firsthand accounts, the film reveals the risks they took, the bonds they forged, and the quiet rebellion that turned an ordinary mall into an extraordinary sanctuary.
Leaving Everest base camp to take the high road to Lhasa to see what the Chinese have done to Tibet. He sees that religion is once again tolerated, while the old Tibetan centre of the city is being replaced with modern Chinese shopping malls and nightclubs. Following the pilgrims to the holy Namtso Lake, he gets warm in a hot spring before learning how to milk a yak with a nomad family.
Blending humor, tension, and unexpected emotion, this remarkable true story explores how a simple hidden room became a powerful statement about community, art, and belonging. Through rare footage and firsthand accounts, the film reveals the risks they took, the bonds they forged, and the quiet rebellion that turned an ordinary mall into an extraordinary sanctuary.