고대 유물에 대한 비밀이 대대로 내려오는 가문의 전문성을 뒤로 한 채 허원은 작은 전파상을 운영하며 살아간다. 어느 날, 아버지에게 버림받고 소가전을 고쳐주며 살던 허원을 사람들이 찾아오고 일본인 카나코에게 불상의 머리를 인수 받으라고 한다. 그리고 당나라 시대의 부처의 머리를 반환할 계획이 밝히면서 그는 값을 매길 수 없는 유물을 둘러싼 총력전에 빠지게 된다.
Shanghai, 1932. The main part of city occupied by Japanese troops. Ten Miles Square has become a small oasis surrounded by lonely darkness. Sun Timbo, the best cheongsam master in region, is hired to sew the kimono for the Japanese Governor's First Lady.
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.
After the dead body of a talented painter is found in a bathtub, a local bartender and a young policeman become involved in a complicated mystery, uncovering scandalous secrets and shocking twists as they search for the truth.
