In 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Despite all the conspiracy theories around it, The US successfully showed the world was a powerful a country can accomplish. 50 years later, people in Taiwan are struggling between an identity crisis and economic fluctuations, hoping for something or someone that would show up and save the day.
This desire, is why you are hired as to be a national hero – the very first Taiwanese who lands on the moon. However, without the budget for space exploration, a fake moon- landing video will need to be made, just like in the famous Kubrick conspiracy.
The whole shooting is in a studio, decorated like the surface of the Moon, with a film crew and government agents watching over the operation. You follow orders from the director, doing all the heroic actions and poses while playing around on set by throwing objects at the crew, antagonizing them.