In "Hot Summer Days" a hot summer heat wave engulfs the Chinese territory, while the movie covers the lives of various characters during that time. There's chaffeur Wah who tries to woo foot masseur Li Yan via text messages, air conditioner repairman Ah Wai interested in biker girl Ding Dong, a master sushi chef who spurns the love of writer Wasabi, country hick Da Fu who tries to impress teddy bear factory worker Xiao Qi Angela Baby by standing out in the hot noon sun for 100 days, & photographer Leslie Guan & assistant attempting to track down a woman who they believed cursed the photographer into blindness ...
Años veinte. Kitty (Naomi Watts) es una joven inglesa de la alta sociedad que, para escapar de su ambiente familiar, se casa con Walter (Edward Norton), un prometedor médico. Ambos se trasladan a Shangai, donde Kitty se enamora de un norteamericano (Liev Schreiber) con el que tiene una aventura. Cuando Walter descubre la infidelidad de su esposa, decide trasladarse con ella a una de las regiones más remotas de China, para intentar luchar contra una mortal epidemia de cólera.
