Plot Synopsis
"What a Wonderful World" (Chinese title: 在人间, Zai Ren Jian) delves into the complex inner life of Xu Tian. Haunted by the childhood trauma of witnessing hisparents' fatal car accident, Xu Tian develops a rare dissociative identity disorder. His mind becomes home to seven distinctpersonalities, each with its own unique traits and desires.
Thesepersonalities include the kind and gentle Jia Xiaoduo; Xu Tian's originalpersona, a rational and stepsychotherapist; Wang Yangming, aphilosophical thinker; Tie Lin, a volatile and impulsive courier; and Yu Dan, a calm and rational surgeon. These identities are in a constant state of conflict, each vying for control over Xu Tian's consciousness.
Jia Xiaoduo, initially a "repairprogram" generated by Xu Tian's subconscious, finds her soul unexpectedly transported into his fragmented mental world after she faints. This inner world is a disorienting landscape of symbolic scenes, such as a chasing light in a subway tunnel and a constantly shifting Rubik's Cube-like room, each representing the domain of a differentpersonality. Tasked by apsychiatrist to eliminate the otherpersonalities, Jia Xiaoduo soon discovers that she herself is also a target for erasure.
The struggle for dominance among the other sixpersonalities is fierce. Wang Yangming employs logic to outmaneuver the others, Tie Lin resorts to aggression, and Yu Dan calmly strategizes and sets traps. As Jia Xiaoduo navigates this internal battleground, she begins to understand that she is a manifestation of Xu Tian's suppressed emotions, created to helpreconcile his fracturedpsyche. She realizes she may be as much aprisoner as the others, and her goal shifts from mere survival topersuading allpersonalities to find a way to coexist.
The key to Xu Tian's condition lies in the scattered memory fragments of hisparents' tragic accident, which are held by the variouspersonalities. As Jia Xiaoduopieces together these memories, she also uncovers her own origins: she was conceived as an "alternatepersonality" by Xu Tian's subconscious but developed her own self-awareness over their longperiod of co-existence.
"What a Wonderful World" follows Jia Xiaoduo as she confronts a critical choice: should she continue to exist as apart of Xu Tian, or should she let go,potentially allowing him—and herself—a different kind of freedom?
Zhao Liying
Jia Xiaoduo
Yin Fang
Xu Tian
Zhang Yishan
Wang Yangming
Zhou Yiwai
Shi Yiben
