Xiao Li

Big World (2024) throws you straight into the tangled mess of Xiao Li’s life—a guy who’s just, honestly, trying to find his place in a city that couldn’t care less. He’s got big dreams (don’t we all?) but zero clue how to get there, especially when every day feels like the universe is just piling on more nonsense. You ever feel like the world’s moving way too fast and you’re just stuck on the sidewalk? That’s Xiao Li, dodging weird neighbors, disappointing job interviews, and his family’s not-so-subtle judgment. The city? It’s practically a character itself—loud, messy, unpredictable. There’s this constant buzz, the kind that keeps you up at night, thinking, “Man, am I doing this right?” His friends are a ragtag crew, all with their own baggage, but they’re the only people who actually get what he’s wrestling with. There’s laughter, sure, but it’s that nervous, desperate kind. You know, the kind that comes right before you crash and burn or pull off something epic. And it’s not some fairy tale where everything wraps up with a neat little bow. No, it’s messy. Xiao Li stumbles, screws up, tries again. But in all that chaos, he starts to figure out maybe you don’t need to have it all sorted out. Maybe just surviving another day in this “big world” is its own kind of win.