What Happened in Luz (2025) Movie?

“Luz,” written by Flora Lau, is a beautiful and emotional movie that  come out in 2025. Two stories run at the same time in this movie. One takes place in the busy city of Chongqing, China, and the other in the beautiful streets of Paris, France. The main ideas of “Luz” are family separation—the search for identity nd how technology can both bring people together and separate them. The name of the movie, which means “light,” gives you an idea of what the people are looking for in their relationships and in themselves.

In the story, Wei is a man who is looking for his daughter who has run away from home in Chongqing, and Ren is an art buyer from Hong Kong who is having a hard time getting along with her stepmother in Paris. In the virtual reality world Luz, where the lines between reality and fiction are blurred and characters face their deepest fears and wants, their lives unexpectedly cross.

Wei is a man whose life is hard. Xiaodong Guo plays him. He works as a goon for a local crime boss during the day but his real goal is to get back in touch with his daughter Fa (Enxi Deng). Fa is a young woman who posts videos of her life online. She has no idea that her father is watching her all the time. Wei is afraid of being rejected and the weight of his past mistakes. so he doesn’t want to show who he is.

Wei finds a picture of a see-through deer in his boss’s karaoke club one day. Ren’s father made the art— which becomes a sign of hope for Wei. His belief is that it can help him and Fa get along better. Wei plays Luz, a popular virtual reality game, to try to find her. Luz lets users discover fantastical worlds and talk to other people in a digital world. It gives Wei a chance to visit a world where he can talk to his daughter without having to think about their past.

Ren, a gallery owner from Hong Kong played by Sandrine Pinna, goes to Paris to see her aunt Sabine, played by Isabelle Huppert. Sabine is an artist who is very independent. She has a disease that will kill her, but she doesn’t want it to control her last days. Anxiety and stress are present in Ren and Sabine’s relationship because both women have mixed feelings about Ren’s late father, who brought them together.

Ren’s well-known artist father left behind a scar that stays with her. The picture of the see-through deer that Wei sees in Chongqing is one of his most famous pieces. Ren sees the deer as a symbol of her father’s death and the mental hole he left behind. Ren also goes to Luz to escape her real life. There, she changes from an insecure art dealer to a brave and sure of herself person.

In Luz, the lines between what is real and what is imagined blur. The game lets players explore a lot of different worlds—from brightly lit cities to quiet, otherworldly woods. Lau and photographer Benjamin Echazarreta use first-person view to put viewers right into the shoes of the characters, making the virtual world seem just as real as the real one.

It’s in Luz that Wei and Ren finally meet. Wei is desperate to find Fa, so he walks around the virtual streets and looks for his daughter. As Ren tries to relax after a rough time with Sabine, she is drawn to the game’s freedom and beauty. When they meet, they start to understand the problems each other is having. Wei’s weakness as a father and Ren’s desire to connect make for a touching moment of shared humanity.

As the story goes on, “Luz” makes you think about what truth is and how people connect with each other. Can a virtual event make you feel the same way a real one does? If a mistake helps someone get better, does that make it less real? The movie makes the point that technology can bring people together, even though it is usually seen as a way to separate them.

In the end, both Wei and Ren get some peace of mind. Wei finally talks to Fa in Luz and tells him he loves and regrets what he did. Even though their relationship is still weak. the meeting gives them a small bit of hope that they can get back together. Ren comes back to Paris with a new sense of purpose after her time in Luz. She and Sabine share a touching moment by the water—recognizing that they are both grieving and the connection that binds them.