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Series looking at aspects of life in modern China gives an intimate view of the pressurised life of Liu Wei as he attempts to balance work and life commitments.
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How much freedom can there be in a marriage? How much freedom can there be in a Chinese marriage? Long and Jun get married when the two find out that she is pregnant. She wants to have her child (only one is allowed under the Chinese policy) and Long agrees to become a parent, too. But the two of them still have to acquire doctorates in order to be able to teach in a Chinese university. (Storyville)
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On the first day of spring term, directors Guo Jing and Ke Dingding began to film the lives of three 11-year-olds and their class in Shanghai Experimental Primary School. Focusing on the challenges of growing up, the film captures the flirting, fighting, showing off and anguish of children on the cusp of adolescence, and gives an insight into the formation of a new generation of Chinese children.
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現代から、約2000年前の古代中国。五行を操る魔力と、強大な武力を持った皇帝は、全土制圧の野望に取り付かれていた。その達成の為、不死の力を必要とした皇帝は、妖術師の女ツイ・ユアンに不死の力獲得を命じ、部下のミン・グオ将軍を伴わせ、遥かシルクロードに派遣した。そこでツイ・ユアンは不死の魔術を発見する。目的を果し都に戻って来た2人だが、彼女がミン・グオと愛し合うようになったことを知った皇帝は、2人に卑劣な罠を仕掛けた。愛するミン・グオが処刑される姿を目の当たりにしたツイ・ユアンは、深い悲しみと怒りから皇帝と臣下全員に呪いをかける。
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Documentary looking at Shanghai Circus school, where the gruelling training regimes result in some of the best acrobats and circus performers in the world. Children as young as eight have their unformed bodies stretched and tested to breaking point as they learn to master the most taxing feats of acrobatic grace and daring. Harsh demands are also made of teachers and parents as their proteges strive to be number one in the circus, the Chinese way. (Storyville)
