Contemporary Shanghai. Four women are pursuing happiness in their lives. Their stories intertwine, as if they were those of a single person. A young executive argues with her fiancé about starting a family. A PhD student clashes with her professor about her thesis about happiness. A teenager fails to find the perfect boyfriend who meets her father's expectations. A young woman dreaming of the US is stuck in a cab with the cabdriver in love with her. The respected director, winner of multiple awards at major international festivals, returns with an intricately structured story about the search for happiness.
Tang Seng
On their journey to the west, Tang Seng and Sun Wukong have a falling out and set out a challenge for each other. Sun Wukong agrees to give Tang Seng his magical powers in exchange for Tang Seng's appearance and learning. The challenge they set is to bypass the Seven Spider Sisters and defeat the Hundred-eyed Demon Lord within seven days. After the swap, who will have the determination and wit to win this challenge?
Translator
Yang Ke, a Beijing Opera actor, is fatefully driven into the underworld of masculine sex workers, and becomes a class of his own. He finds himself on a roller coaster between heavenly love with both men and women, and a living hell ensnared by devious villains and hypocrites. Despite his faith, endeavor and willingness to give, he remains a prisoner to his karma. Hell awaits when heaven seems near, and the ultimate truth is revealed only in a heartbreaking moment from which there is no return.
Ciem
A Danny Stratton, un agente de seguridad apartado del negocio, se le presenta la oportunidad de escoltar una valiosa vasija china fuera de Shanghai, pero en el trayecto le tienden una emboscada. Con la vida de la mujer que ama en peligro, Danny y su equipo no solo deberán salvarla, sino también ser lo suficientemente astutos para evitar a la policía, recuperar la vasija y restablecer su reputación.
Translator
This visually stunning erotic drama follows a young man who finds himself unexpectedly attracted to his handsome, outspoken male professor. Despite — or perhaps because of — his conservative upbringing, Hins is intent on getting close enough to Ming to understand him. It’s an experience that transforms his life and comes to define his adult identity.
Mark
Seven people with seven love stories. They ignite the love and hate hidden under the table. In this battle of love, who will survive and who will lose? When the boundary between lies and truth has blurred, who can tell if the others are sincere or not? When one says, ' I love you', does one mean it or it's just another 'design'?
Graffiti boy
El amor es la vida, la vida tal como es. No todas las historias de amor son un cuento de hadas. Después de un banquete de bodas espectacular, historias de amor inusuales se desarrollan hacia finales inesperados: un hermano y una hermana enamorados atrapados por la madre, un pintor casado se enamora de su joven modelo de dibujo, la intimidad entre un profesor de la escuela de danza y su estudiante de último año, una pareja de lesbianas de los cuales uno tiene el juego de roles paranoico, un triángulo amoroso terrible. ¨Love Actually Sucks!¨ celebra el amor que nadie presta atención, pero es real, porque la vida es el amor.
Daniel
El banquero abiertamente gay, Daniel, debate si regresar a Australia o quedarse en Hong Kong cuando se encuentre con Kafka, un instructor de natación directo. Los jóvenes se enamoran, creyendo que su amor puede salvar cualquier cosa, a pesar de su diferencia en la sexualidad y el uso creciente de drogas de Kafka. Daniel no se arrepiente de haber amado a Kafka, quien intenta amarlo contra su naturaleza. Pero una memoria flashback del pasado de Kafka dificulta que su relación funcione.
Waiter Jimmie
Hong Kong /// "Permanent Residence" explora, con desinhibición absoluta, la historia de vida de un joven que persigue un amor imposible junto a su novio y que medita sobre la mortalidad de sus seres queridos. El film de Danny Cheng Wan Cheung (alias Scud) irradia una sensibilidad sobre cuestiones importantes para los seres humanos a la hora de amar, vivir y morir.
Daniel / Cable guy
The actual members of the Hong Kong Baseball Team all prove themselves to be natural actors by playing themselves in this fictional youth drama set in 2004. In a city where baseball culture is non-existent, these baseball players are a minority by choice. The experience teaches them to be free-thinkers in dealing with love, friendship and their own sexuality. It also enables them to find the will to live in the face of death and the strength to conquer losing in a spectatorless sport.
