The Lonely Girl is a portrait of Chinese opera star, Qian Yi. Originally from Shanghai, she now lives in New York; she feels caught between two cultures, not really at home in either place. In this short video, Qian Yi prepares for a performance by putting on her makeup and costume. She rehearses several songs from the Kunqu opera, The Peony Pavilion, in which she sings about loneliness. In a series of interviews conducted both in Shanghai and in New York, Qian Yi remembers her childhood and talks about the aesthetics of her craft as an opera performer. This video depicts what home means to an immigrant, not just the location of home, but the home that lives inside a person?s heart.