The Nine Palaces no longer have the American Dream - a solemn destination, a resting place for those who give up their dreams. Modesto is a city located in the Central Valley of California, which suffered severe damage during the Great Depression in the United States. 9 South Ninth Street, notorious in Modesto, is an uninhabited area where the rules of high society do not apply. The people living in the Nine Palaces have formed a destroyed micro community, whose Darwinian existence is a daily busyness, and survival is necessary no matter what. However, Kiki is a rare bright light, and his magnetic optimism is a means of self-protection. Her childlike enthusiasm concealed the harsh reality around her. 《9》 Filmed in the style of an elegy, commemorating a victim of a broken system - someone who might otherwise be forgotten. Just like the songs of Thomas Van Zant, 'Nine' is a beautiful movie about those who fall halfway through, a bittersweet country folk that sometimes feels like a page lost by John Steinbeck or William Faulkner.