"In endless repetition, persistence resists naming."

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Xu Jingjing adopts mythology as a framework for her reflections, transforming the act of “pushing the boulder” into an allegory for contemporary female consciousness.

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Set within the philosophical framework of Camus’ absurdism, the myth of Sisyphus is reimagined here as a contemporary parable of “the absurd” and “rebellion.” The film turns its gaze toward this eternal cycle: the boulder rolls down, only to be pushed up again—transforming what appears to be a futile, repetitive action into a persistent inquiry into the meaning of existence.

Within this endless repetition, Sisyphus responds to the void through his very act, imbuing the absurd with meaning. The work is not merely a reenactment of myth, but seeks to mirror the existential predicament of the modern individual: amid the day-to-day labor and structural impasses, each of us pushes our own boulder. Here, “meaning” no longer resides in a distant endpoint, but is instead rooted in the continual struggle against the void—the ongoing, upward process itself.