Aurora enters the bathroom and locks the door, isolating herself from the outside screams. She tries to refrain her tears. Then she approaches the mirror, observes her reflection and a peace of her face falls off. She enters in the bathtub, notices something strange in the water, and this absorbs her.
Aurora is sumbmerged in deep waters and is immediatly tries to look for an exit. She sees a light projected from the depth and decides to swim to it and cross it.
Aurora reaches the other side and when she surfaces she appears on her bed from her childhood bedroom, but distorted and darker. Steps are heard, Aurora goes back terrified, the door is opened, she close her eyes, and when she opens them she encounters spiral stairs, screams and strong noises begin to sound, this makes her panic. Aurora goes down stairs, trips on and falls down into a deep and dark hole.
When she gets to the bottom she notices a terrifying version of herself that chases her, she realizes that within this creature she finds again, herself, but this time as a little girl, so she decides to fight to get her out of there. Aurora saves the girl and approaches her gently, they look and connect with each other, they embrace each other in a hug and the girl reintegrates into Aurora, her chest bursts letting out an intense stream of water that floods the place and brings her to the surface.
Aurora open her eyes crying in front of the mirror, she calms her breathing, and in that moment she notices a broken peace of the mirror on the lavatory, she takes it and returns it to its place, showing her complete and normal reflection. Finally she leaves the bathroom determined and calm with herself.

In late 2021, M on the Bund announced it would be closing its doors after twenty-three years. The restaurant had led a fine-dining renaissance in Shanghai, with flare, daring simplicity and a personal touch. Along the way, it had built a community of diners and artists, reinvigorated a neighbourhood, and defied the odds to outlive its competitors and imitators. In a city defined by change and rapid reinvention, it had become an institution.

Over the course of two months, we follow the team behind M on the Bund as they navigate the highs and lows of a restaurant in its final days, uncovering the memories, legacy and community it leaves in its wake.

At the heart of the story is Michelle Garnaut, a girl from Melbourne who became a towering figure in China. Straight-talking and driven, she challenged expectations and a male-dominated industry; a self-made woman who made waves with her unique sensibility and eye for business.

Her restaurant sat at the centre of Shanghai’s meteoric rise, a remarkable journey in China’s global city that reflects the changing geo-politics of the new millennium, and captures a vision of transnational community in challenging times.