The Barking Dog

S Town lies at the end of the road. Middle-school student Bingze learns that the younger sister of her former elementary-school classmate Xinyi has gone mad. Seeking the truth, she approaches another classmate, Mengting, only to discover that Mengting is hiding an experience of her own. Parents preoccupied with making a living place their hopes in superstition, lending the town’s daily life a quiet unease. One morning, Bingze witnesses a dog trapped inside a sack…