[1] The film deals with the psychological impact of an elderly retired widow (played by Lü Zhong)'s past.

Wang considers Red Amnesia to be the last film of his Cultural Revolution trilogy, which includes 2005's Shanghai Dreams and 2011's 11 Flowers.

Deng Meijuan, a widowed lady, lives on her own in a small rundown flat.

Deng visits her sons and elderly mother at a nursing home regularly.

Soon, Deng's comfortable life pattern is disrupted by strange occurrences, consequences of a decision she had made during the Cultural Revolution, that no doubt had impacted the lives of others in the present.