《蔓延》是一部引人深思的电影，讲述了大学生申明因与女友的不忠而被退学，并成为了游走在社会边缘的盗版盘小商贩。他在酒吧、天桥和高校之间穿梭，为各种人提供非法的精神食粮。他耐心地检查光盘的质量，并及时为老顾客提供上门服务。无论是大专院校的教授，还是不被接纳的妓女，他们都成为了他的客户

故事中，艺术院校的女老师梅小静（王亚梅饰）的丈夫是同性恋，她将自己对肉体和精神的抑制投射到生活中，并沉迷于虐恋的影片中；一对热衷暴力电影的夫妇（胡晓光和娜仁其木梅饰）失业后为了筹集儿子的学费，模仿电影《低俗小说》策划了一起抢劫；某摇滚乐队的鼓手患上艾滋病，在申明的建议下，他观看了电影《大河之恋》；还有一个妓女热爱电影，她愿意用自己的身体来交换喜欢的影片。

《蔓延》展现了边缘人物的追寻和悲欢。这些角色都身处边缘，他们渴望从电影中找到情感的共鸣和满足，同时也在现实生活中面临着各种挑战和困境。电影通过展示他们追寻和迷失的过程，揭示了人性的复杂性和对幸福的渴望。

这部电影通过细腻而真实的叙事，勾勒出了人性的脆弱和迷茫。主人公们在追寻情感和寻找自我的过程中，经历着欢乐与痛苦的交织。观众将被电影中的角色所触动，思考人性的追求和现实生活的冲突。

"Spread" is a thought-provoking film about college student Shin-myung who gets dropped out of school for infidelity with his girlfriend and becomes a wanderer. Small pirated disk vendors on the fringes of society. He shuttled between bars, flyovers and colleges, providing illegal spiritual food for all kinds of people. He patiently checks the quality of the discs and provides door-to-door service to regular customers in a timely manner. Whether professors at colleges and universities or unaccepted prostitutes, they all became his clients

In the story, the husband of Mei Xiaojing (played by Wang Yamei), a female art school teacher, is gay. Mental suppression is projected into life, and they are addicted to sadomasochistic movies; a couple (Hu Xiaoguang and Na Renqi Mumei) who are keen on violent movies plan to imitate the movie "Pulp Fiction" in order to raise their son's tuition after losing their jobs. They rob together; the drummer of a certain rock band suffers from AIDS, and at Shen Ming’s suggestion, he watches the movie "Love in the Great River"; there is also a prostitute who loves movies, and she is willing to exchange her favorite movies with her body.

"Spread" shows the pursuit and joys and sorrows of marginal characters. These characters are all on the edge, they are eager to find emotional resonance and satisfaction from the movie, and at the same time they are facing various challenges and dilemmas in real life. The film reveals the complexity of human nature and the longing for happiness by showing the process of their pursuit and loss.

This film outlines the fragility and confusion of human nature through delicate and true narratives. In the process of pursuing emotions and finding themselves, the protagonists experience the interweaving of joy and pain. The audience will be touched by the characters in the movie, thinking about the pursuit of human nature and the conflict in real life.