In the ancient city of Fengdu the shaman witch died of spontaneous combustion at the sacrificial ceremony and common people mistook it for a ghost..The two feel that things are not simple. The prince Song Jiuling and female detective Di Xiaosi, who came to investigate the disappearance case.
Set in China in the 1930s, the film is about the unsettling relationship between three characters. Ing'er, the daughter of a theatre-owner, welcomes the return of Shao-dung, her fiancee and a fine cellist from America. Shao-dung soon finds himself captivated by the opera "Fleeing By Night" and its celebrated actor, Lin Chung, whose voice seems to articulate something within himself. While Shao-dung attempts to blend eastern and western music, Ing'er becomes torn between her affection for both men, and an awareness of the growing intimacy between them. - Written by Strand Releasing
