A young boy named Chen Xiang uses a magical lotus lantern to search for and rescue his mother, a goddess, from the cruel punishment she received from her brother, the king of the gods, for falling in love with a mortal man.
Beijing, 1970s. The Cultural Revolution has driven most adults to the provinces leaving 14-year-old Monkey and his pals have free reign over the city. They hang around, get up to no good, and discover that unsolvable mystery known as "girls."
Two blind men pursue ephemeral and unlikely hopes. One is an aged master, a wandering troubador venerated as a saint, in physical decline, waiting to break his 1,000th banjo string, an event his own master promised years before would bring him sight. The other is his apprentice, Shidou, who longs for a woman's love and is enchanted with the radiant and spirited Lanxiu. The two men are encamped outside Lanxiu's village, the saint using his energy and voice to bring peace between warring factions. Does sight await the saint when the 1000th string breaks? Can Shidou's strength of character overcome provincial prejudice to win the hand of Lanxiu and a place in the village?
Um velho leproso que possuía uma distante vinícola de sorgo morre. Jiu'er, a esposa comprada pelo leproso, e seu amante, identificado apenas como "meu avô" pelo narrador, assumem a vinícola e montam uma comunidade idealizada quase matriarcal liderada por Jiu'er. Quando os invasores japoneses submetem a área ao seu domínio e cortam o sorgo para abrir caminho para uma estrada, a comunidade se ergue e resiste à medida que o sorgo cresce novamente.
The young Chinese heir to millions in the USA is suddenly destitute. He takes out a life insurace policy on himself and assigns his former teacher to kill him.
