The Speech

May 2003, Beijing, China. Under the pressure of WHO, the Chinese government announced that the SARS (Severe acute respiratory syndrome) outbreak is real. The city is closed. Most students have been sent home. During a lockdown inside a private boarding , three eight-year-old girls have to find a way to make sense of the world. At the entrance, ANQI discovers a dark secret about the adult world; In the quarantine dorm, YEZI learns a lesson about life and death; On the stage, ZHENZHEN finds the courage to step out of her comfort zone, to find her own voice in front of the whole ...