Despite his family’s famed expertise on ancient relics, Xu Yuan makes a simple living as the owner of an electronics shop, eager to distinguish himself from a disgraced ancestor who was executed for treason after stealing a Chinese artifact for Japan. But when a descendant offers to return the relic to China, Xu Yuan uncovers a decades-old mystery and soon embarks on a journey that could finally restore his family’s reputation—and may also cost him his life.
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.
O casal Liyun e Yaojun, trabalhadores de uma fábrica, vivem uma tragédia familiar devastadora nos tumultuosos anos entre a década de 1980 e o século XXI. Reprimidos pela lei nacional do filho único, suas vidas se transformam gradualmente sob o impacto da mudança de identidade na China.
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.
Na cidade chinesa de Manzhouli, dizem que há um elefante que simplesmente ignora o mundo. Manzhouli se torna uma obsessão para os protagonistas deste filme, cujas histórias são ambientadas em um único dia de suspense, do amanhecer ao anoitecer, quando o trem para Manzhouli está pronto para partir.
