Joan Chen

The background of "Hero" is set in 2020: a sudden disaster that disrupted everyone's lives. When society face unemployment when families fall apart, when lovers are separated, when death is approaching quietly, and when a peaceful life suddenly undergoes unexpected changes, how will women respond? What are the vital and irreplaceable roles that men play in women’s lives and growth? The three female directors Zhang Aijia, Li Shaohong and Chen Chong used their unique female perspectives to explore and show people's plights and struggles in family, career, and love in special times.

Atormentada por dúvidas, uma assassina de elite luta para proteger a si mesma e a sua família depois que uma missão dá errado.

In this personal and rousing documentary, Joan Chen charts the inspiring life and career of “Jenny” Lang Ping, a fearless and independent Olympic athlete who propels China to international prominence in volleyball. On the court, her most effective weapon is her lethal spike, hence her titular nickname, while her leadership skills and calm demeanor solidify her unique status as the first player and coach to win multiple World Championships and Olympic gold. Chen, in her documentary feature debut, skillfully combines thrilling excerpts from championship games, intimate conversations with Lang Ping, her colleagues, and players to craft an entertaining and multi-dimensional portrait of this groundbreaking athlete who transformed women’s volleyball.

Um homem relembra um antigo amor da juventude e sua longa viagem de Taiwan para os EUA, enquanto se reaproxima da filha.

Li and his wife A Yu run a small business in Thailand and enjoy a happy home life with their two daughters. When their eldest daughter is violently assaulted, blackmailed and left traumatised by another student, her parents intervene, leading to a dead body which needs to be hidden, and every trace of the boy buried to cover up the accident.

A cultural relic restorer discovers the skeletons of babies while working in an old mansion. The bloody events of the past drags everyone working on the project into a dark abyss.

Funny scramble of an esoteric book of cooking between a guy without feeling, a tough girl, a master out of date, a dark-minded rich man, a emotion-manipulating woman and a OCD-suffering samurai.

Kai (Leehom Wang) awakens on his Shanghai houseboat––alone. His girlfriend Emma (Olivia Munn) has suddenly disappeared, leaving behind the one thing that could lead to her whereabouts: her smartphone. Deeply disturbed, Kai seeks to uncover where she went, with whom she's connected, and what she took with her. Is Emma really who she says she is? Or is there something more sinister at play?

The tragic story of a Tang Dynasty imperial consort who was the favorite of the Emperor Xuanzong.

"For Love or Money" is based on a novel by Zhang Xiaoxian, which tells the moving story between a fallen noble lady and a rich heir to a large company. She’s broken and has lost the direction in life, whereas he chooses a life of poverty and freedom to pursue his passion as a painter. Together, will they be able to find themselves in this world of twists and turns before it’s too late?

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces reúne cenas inéditas de Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, juntando as peças que faltavam de todas as cenas excluídas, formando um filme, que conta com atores do elenco do filme original, incluindo Sheryl Lee, Moira Kelly, David Bowie, Chris Isaak, Harry Dean Stanton, Ray Wise, Kyle MacLachlan, e Mädchen Amick.

By the China Audio Visual, in the studio together to build a positive, gold medal screenwriter, producer is based in Jin Yong's famous novel "Swordsman" on March 24 at the first national 4A-class tourist destination Zhejiang Xiandu boot. Joe Chen unassailable modeling exposure, following Wallace (Linghu), Yuan Shanshan (Ren Yingying), such as modeling exposure, the highly anticipated and controversial Joe Chen (Swordsman) modeling has finally surfaced. In addition, Leung Kar Yan (Feng Qingyang), Han Dong (Tian Boguang), Lv Jiarong (Blue Phoenix), Zhang Tianyang (total no Shi) Dingzhuang Zhao also be exposed April 5

By the China Audio Visual, in the studio together to build a positive, gold medal screenwriter, producer is based in Jin Yong's famous novel "Swordsman" on March 24 at the first national 4A-class tourist destination Zhejiang Xiandu boot. Joe Chen unassailable modeling exposure, following Wallace (Linghu), Yuan Shanshan (Ren Yingying), such as modeling exposure, the highly anticipated and controversial Joe Chen (Swordsman) modeling has finally surfaced. In addition, Leung Kar Yan (Feng Qingyang), Han Dong (Tian Boguang), Lv Jiarong (Blue Phoenix), Zhang Tianyang (total no Shi) Dingzhuang Zhao also be exposed April 5

When Song Qi stumbles upon her boyfriend's affair with her best friend, her life quickly starts falling apart and she is subsequently drawn into a quicksand of revenge and murder. Though all is not as it seems and Song Qi will have to embark on a twisted journey into her past and the very depths of her own mind

The comedy of the year. This wannabe magical romance-drama is one of the most illogical films ever and the actors, if not director Kam Kwok-Leung, may be aware of it. Featuring CGI tears and paintings of corn-eating monkeys. The highlight: Chang Chen pretending to be Korean.

O escritor Ernest Hemingway começa um romance com a colega escriba Martha Gellhorn.

A young woman in modern-day Shanghai whose chance encounter with a stranger moves her to divulge a deep-seated secret. In atmospheric flashbacks she is shown in an old house filled with mementos of the Jewish population who were given asylum in Shanghai during World War II.

A young woman in modern-day Shanghai whose chance encounter with a stranger moves her to divulge a deep-seated secret. In atmospheric flashbacks she is shown in an old house filled with mementos of the Jewish population who were given asylum in Shanghai during World War II.

Nick tem síndrome de Asperger e idolatra seu irmão Chaz. Quando ele morre em um acidente, sua vida muda: agora, não lutará só contra a dor da perda do irmão, mas também pelo fato de ser incompreendido pelos seus angustiados pais.

Shanghai, two months ago... What would you risk to help a loved one?

Um drama histórico baseado na fundação da República da China, quando forças nacionalistas liderados por Sun Yat-sen derrubou a dinastia Qing.

The plot is vaguely reminiscent of The Devil Wears Prada. The heroine is a new fashion editor who has to deal with her female boss and boyfriend, an arrogant young painter who has a chaotic past with other girls.

Famous from an incredibly young age, DMH (Wang Lee Hom) has only ever known a celebrity pop star existence. Yet, despite all the glamour, there is still something lacking in his charmed life - true love. With the help of fellow musician and friend WZB, DMH disguised himself as a regular Joe in the hope of finding true love. While incognito, DMH and WZB stumble across the performance of a classical Chinese orchestra and DMH is immediately captivated by the melodies of the guzheng soloist, LMQ (Crystal Liu Yi-Fei), a student at the Shanghai Conservatory, whose affections lie with the accomplished but arrogant virtuoso, ZXZ. In his attempt to spend more time with LQM, DMH promises to help LQM get together with ZXZ. As DMH and LQM grow closer, it becomes increasingly difficult to conceal his identity.

The definitive and true-life story of Nancy Kwan who as a young Eurasian girl from Hong Kong captured the hearts and minds of cinemagoers around the world in her stunning motion picture debut in THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG (1960). Nancy Kwan's story is both fairytale and poignant as it takes its audience on a personal journey, a woman's journey, which is as equally compelling as it is inspiring.

Aos 11 anos, Li Cunxin foi tirado de uma pobre aldeia chinesa para estudar balé na escola de dança de Madame Mao, em Pequim. Em 1979, ele consegue entrar para a Companhia Houston Ballet durante um intercâmbio cultural no Texas, onde começa uma vida nova e livre. Os oficiais chineses tentam levá-lo de volta à China, mas manobras legais e o casamento com uma bailarina americana conseguem mantê-lo nos EUA. Para lutar pelos seus sonhos, porém, ele terá de abandonar para sempre sua família. Baseado na autobiografia* do bailarino chinês Li Cunxin.

In Korea Town Los Angeles, a young man, Kengo, believes he's the son of God - that's what his mother told him since he was a young boy. He spends his days working his dead-end job and figuring out his complex feelings for his girlfriend until, one day, he sees a one-eared man who could be his father and decides to follow him around Los Angeles.

Em Chengdu, na China, uma fábrica estatal de armamento militar é demolida para dar lugra a um prédio com vários andares onde serão construídos apartamentos de luxo. Com relatos de trabalhadores sobre suas vidas e a fábrica, o filme trás três gerações de histórias que mostram como os tempos mudaram.

Li-ann, a dreamer, is a strong believer of the soul mate theory and rejects all men, especially her best friend KS, till she falls in love with Jeremy, at first sight. They tour Chinatown, Singapore, together on February 29 1980. Unfortunately, she is heartbroken when he tells her he is engaged. He decides to make up to her by meeting her same time, same place, every leap year. Their love spans twenty years, as they realize the pain of love until they take the leap of faith...and the leap of love...

A select group of key creative forces involved in the making of Twin Peaks reveals their take on the fascinating creation and journey of the wildly popular show.

Thriller de espionagem passado durante a Segunda Guerra, em Xangai, que conta a história de uma jovem chamada Wang Jiazhi (Wei Tang), envolvida num perigoso jogo emocional e de intriga com o político Mr. Yee (Tony Leung Chiu Wai).

A polyptych of interconnected stories in different time-zones, shifting between a Yunnan village, a campus, and the Gobi Desert.

Hollywood Chinese is a captivating look at cinema history through the lens of the Chinese American experience. Directed by triple Sundance award-winning filmmaker, Arthur Dong, this documentary is a voyage through a century of cinematic delights, intrigues and treasures. It weaves together a wondrous portrait of actors, directors, writers, and movie icons who have defined American feature films, from the silent era to the current new wave of Asian American cinema. At once entertaining and enlightening, Hollywood Chinese reveals long-untold stories behind the Asian faces that have graced the silver screen, and weaves a rich and complicated tapestry, one marked by unforgettable performances and groundbreaking films, but also by a tangled history of race and representation.

Tom, now in his 40s, begins to write the memoirs of his 1960s childhood, as the little boy whose mother Rose was a glamorous Shanghai nightclub singer. When Rose meets Aussie sailor Bill, they are quickly married, and she packs up Tom and his older sister May to head for Melbourne. The marriage just as quickly breaks up and Rose moves with the kids to Sydney. After a succession of male friends and little success, in 1971 Rose moves back to Melbourne, in an uncomfortable arrangement living again with Bill – and his mother. With Bill called away to sea, Rose takes up with young Chinese cook Joe, but despair and conflicts over May's relationship with Joe tear the family further apart. Little Tom is deeply hurt, but May's ongoing conflict with her mother takes a respite when Rose tells her daughter about her traumatic teenage years.

Long after their breakup, Chinese American Raymond Ding and Amerasian Aurora Crane struggle to let go. Torn apart by mismatched ideals, meddling friends, and the complexities of racial identities, they find other suitable mates but cannot stay away from each other

Sunflower is the story of the Zhang family in Beijing father, mother and son across three decades, centering on the tensions and misunderstandings between father and son. Nine-year-old Xiangyang is having the time of his life, free of adult supervision until the day he meets the father he can hardly remember. Having spent years away, he returns with strong ideas about his son learning to draw. But Xiangyang chafes under his father's constant rules and soon stages his own revolution against the lessons enforced.

In the near future in the Asian city-state Sintawan, everyone's identity is recorded in the vast CyberLink. The only way around this is using illegal simulated identity implants (sims). A young bounty hunter who makes her living tracking sims, finds herself the unlikely ally of a police detective who suspects the CyberLink is being perverted for an insidious and deadly purpose

Wil Pang (Michelle Krusiec) é uma jovem cirurgiã com uma promissora carreira e um imenso problema. Solteira, aos 28 anos, ela descobre ser lésbica ao se apaixonar pela bailarina Vivian (Lynn Chen). Enquanto se encontra às escondidas com a namorada, Wil pensa em um jeito de contar a novidade a sua mãe, a viúva Ma (Joan Chen). Sua vida toma um rumo inesperado numa noite em que Wil encontra a mãe na porta de sua casa. Grávida, Ma foi expulsa da conservadora comunidade chinesa de onde elas vieram por se negar a revelar o nome do pai da criança. Agora as duas precisam se entender.

A história de três mulheres em situações e tempos diferentes. Cada uma, em sua época, passa por momentos em que a sobrevivência em uma sociedade ainda conservadora, faz com que sonhos sejam esquecidos, dando lugar apenas a luta pela vida. O filme revela uma lição passada entre avó, mãe e filha em que os erros do passado devem ser lembrados para jamais serem repetidos.

Will Keane (Richard Gere) é um playboy cinquentão que tem como promessa nunca ter um compromisso sério com uma mulher. Quando ele conhece Charlotte Fielding (Winona Ryder), uma jovem que tem a metade da sua idade, imagina que terá com ela outro rápido e fácil romance. Mas nada no relacionamento de ambos é fácil ou rápido. Apesar da diferença de idade, eles terminam se apaixonando perdidamente e fazendo com que Will resolva abandonar sua decisão de nunca assumir um compromisso amoroso. Mas Charlotte tem um sério motivo para recusar a proposta de ter uma relação com Will que dure para sempre: ela está morrendo.

In LA's Fairfax district, where ethnic groups abound, four households celebrate Thanksgiving amidst family tensions. In the Nguyen family, the children's acculturation and immigrant parents' fears collide. In the Avila family, Isabel's son has invited her estranged husband to their family dinner. Audrey and Ron Williams want to keep their own family's ruptures secret from Ron's visiting mother. In the Seelig household, Herb and Ruth are unwilling to discuss openly their grown daughter's living with her lover, Carla. Around each table, things come to a head. A gun, an affair, a boyfriend, and a pregnancy precipitate crises forcing each family to find its center.

Khmer Rouge terrorist Kieron Chow and his unit arrive in Hong Kong for their latest mission. Todd, Chow's son and fiercely loyal right-hand man, sustains a serious head wound. Now a total amnesiac, Todd wakes from a coma to find he's been given a new life, one that may be the death of him. With the help of psychiatrist Shirley Kwan, anti-terrorist officer Mark Chan tries to convince Todd that he is actually an undercover cop sent to infiltrate Chow's group. As fragments of his shattered memory return, Todd is forced to choose between his dark past and this one shot at redemption

Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.

Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.

The year is 2049. 200 years after the great Californian goldrush. The new generation of gold diggers are just as full of gold fever as their ancestors.

Documentary on the making of the 1995 film 'Judge Dredd.'

No terceiro milênio, o mundo mudou. O clima, as nações, tudo entrou em revolta e o planeta se transformou em um deserto insalubre e desolado, conhecido como "A Terra Maldita". Milhões de pessoas habitavam as escassas megacidades, onde bandos errantes e selvagens urbanos geravam tamanha violência que o sistema judiciário não podia controlá-los. A lei como conhecemos entrou em colapso. Da decadência surgiu uma nova ordem, uma sociedade regida por uma nova força de elite da polícia, que atua como juiz, júri e carrasco, que são conhecidos como "Os Juízes". Dredd, o mais lendário dos juízes, é vítima de um plano que o incrimina como assassino e acaba banindo-o da cidade onde vive.

A bank accountant who moonlights as a high-priced call girl becomes embroiled in the lives of a money launderer, his seductive wife, and his bodyguard.

Paul Racine, um executivo de negócios americano de alta potência no Japão, é catapultado para um labirinto de perigos e intrigas depois que ele e sua sexy companheira são alvos de assassinos contratados pelo implacável Kinjo. Para sobreviver, Racine deve unir forças com um poderoso samurai e juntos eles vão lutar contra a força do mal em uma batalha incrível enraizada em séculos de conflitos brutais.

Chronicles the love life of a man, Zhenbao. He has a steamy fling with the wife of a friend, the saucy and exciting Red Rose. Even though he feels happy with her, he knows he will not end up with her. To maintain his reputation, he marries an antiseptic, frigid but classy lady of a prim and proper background (White rose). Dissonance abound when he finds his bride irritating.

Alasca. Um lugar de belezas naturais, habitado por nativos que vivem em harmonia com o meio ambiente. Para a Companhia de Petróleo Aegis, o local perfeito para explorar as riquezas do solo... não importa a que preço. Quando o especialista em incêndios Forrest Taft descobre que a empresa onde trabalha planeja destruir a paisagem local e ameaçar a vida da população, ele decide que é hora de fazer alguma coisa. Ao lado da bela ativista Masu, ele entra em conflito com os interesses do presidente da Aegis, Michael Jennings, iniciando uma disputa de vida ou morte.

Durante a Guerra do Vietnã, uma jovem vietnamita é torturada pelos dois lados das forças em conflito. Ao fugir do seu vilarejo, emprega-se como babá em uma casa de família e acaba ficando grávida do dono da casa. Posta na rua pela patroa, torna-se vendedora ambulante e até se prostitui, para sustentar a si e ao filho, até conhecer um sargento americano, com quem se casa e vai morar nos Estados Unidos da América. Lá ela conhece um mundo totalmente diferente, mas que também não está livre dos velhos rancores e preconceitos.

O novo recruta do FBI Kevin Walker recebe a tarefa de identificar comunistas no bairro chinês em São Francisco. Como não encontra nenhum, é forçado a mostrar resultados e indicia Chen Jung Song, um trabalhador chinês inocente. A farsa resulta em tragédia e um Kevin consumido pela culpa se sente obrigado a proteger a linda filha de Song, Marilyn. Kevin e Marilyn se apaixonam, mas o passado do agente não o abandona.

Near the beginning of the Tang dynasty, in 7th century China, General Shi Yan-sheng is tricked into leaving the crown prince unguarded. The crown prince is murdered by one of his brothers who then becomes emperor. Shi retreats to a monastery, perhaps to hide, perhaps to plan a coup. When his loyal troops as well as the princess he desires are slain, he seeks refuge in a remote, abandoned monastery where an aged abbot schools him with practical, earthy teachings. The emperor's forces pursue Shi: first a woman, then a general seek to overpower him with lust and might. Over the course of the film, the reds of battle give way to blues of meditation.

A action thriller directed by Richard Friedman.

David Nash has lost his son and his will to live. But the boy appears in his dreams, as well as his Robosaurus toy ! A mythical figure will help Nash to turn the Robosaurus into a real creature in order to avenge his son's death.

Three provocative short stories. An American in Paris seduces a young man only to have the tables turned; a tourist recovering from an accident is alone but far from lonely; and an exchange student decides to intervene when he sees the woman in the opposite apartment being tied, gagged and beaten by her lover.

Uma repórter deixa seu marido e dois filhos e vai para a Malásia cobrir uma história. Lá, acaba se envolvendo com os habitantes do local.

Frank Warren (Rutger Hauer) foi preso em uma penitenciária de segurança máxima por roubar milhões em diamantes, os quais não foram recuperados. Nessa prisão unisex, cada prisioneiro tem um parceiro desconhecido. Quando eles se separam por mais de 100 jardas, um colar explosivo é acionado e mata os dois parceiros. Frank e sua parceira Tracy (Mimi Rogers), fogem para recuperar o dinheiro, mas são perseguidos pelos companheiros de Frank que o traíram durante o assalto. Agora, Frank e Tracy precisam se unir mais do que nunca, pois suas vidas dependem um do outro. Se eles forem separados a morte é certa, mas se permanecerem juntos e lutarem, os milhões estão garantidos.

O agente do FBI Chet Desmond (Chris Isaak) e seu parceiro Sam Stanley (Kiefer Sutherland) investigam o assassinato da garçonete Teresa, em uma pequena cidade do estado de Washington. Após descobrir uma pista do misterioso crime, Chet desaparece a alguns quilômetros da cidade de Twin Peaks. Um ano depois, outra morte parece estar conectada a este acontecimento: o assassinato de Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee), uma adolescente problemática e viciada em drogas. Os últimos dias de vida da garota podem ajudar a solucionar os mistérios deste crime.

Situado em um mundo futurista onde o único esporte que sobreviveu em uma sociedade desperdiçada é o jogo brutal conhecido como jugging. Sallow, o líder de uma equipe de trapos, jogou nas principais ligas antes, mas foi expulso por causa de indiscrições com uma dama. No entanto, agora acompanhado por um talentoso recém-chegado, Kidda, uma jovem camponesa ambiciosa, ele e sua equipe descobrem que têm uma última chance para a glória.

Dim Sum Take-Out shows how the heterogeneity and complexity of Asian American experiences can be erased. It was literally cut together from film that was shot for Dim Sum, which was conceived as a film about the ways in which five women of the Chinese diaspora—three American-born, a naturalized citizen, and a recent immigrant—try to balance their personal goals and the expectations of the Chinese American community in which they live. The original story line was thought to be too complicated and ambitious, and, ultimately, significant portions of Dim Sum were rewritten and reshot to focus on Geraldine, a second-generation Chinese American woman, and her relationship with her immigrant mother. However, footage that had already been shot for the film was edited together to create Dim Sum Take-Out, an eleven-minute film made up of narrative segments intercut with music video style segments, set to English- and Chinese-language versions of the song "My Boyfriend's Back."

A saga de Pu Yi, o último imperador da China, que foi declarado imperador com apenas três anos e viveu enclausurado na Cidade Proibida até ser deposto pelo governo revolucionário, enfrentando então o mundo pela primeira vez quando tinha 24 anos. Neste período se tornou um playboy, mas logo teria um papel político quando se tornou um pseudo-imperador da Manchúria, quando esta foi invadida pelo Japão. Aprisionado pelos soviéticos, foi devolvido à China como prisioneiro político em 1950. É exatamente neste período que o filme começa, mas logo retorna a 1908, o ano em que se tornou imperador.

The film begins following the British victory of the first Opium War and the seizure of Hong Kong. Although the island is largely uninhabited and the terrain unfriendly, it has a large port that both the British government and various trading companies believe will be useful for the import of merchandise to be traded on mainland China, a highly lucrative market.

A tough homicide cop is assigned to track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes.

Lindy Ng (Joan Chen) and her younger brother and sister eke out an impoverished life together, living in a rundown apartment. When Lindy is diagnosed with terminal leukemia, her first thoughts are her siblings. Who will take care of them after she passes away? With her apartment too dangerous to continue living in, Lindy is forced to move to another location where she encounters the worst of flatmates, hot-tempered petty criminal Morrie (Frankie Chan).

San Francisco's Richmond District. A widow welcomes the Chinese New Year. 62 years old, she wants to make a trip to China to pay last respects to her ancestors. A fortune teller has told her this is the year she'll die, and a daughter, Geraldine, remains unmarried. Geraldine's boyfriend lives in Los Angeles and she's not sure she's ready for marriage, nor does she want to leave her mother alone in her declining years. Mrs. Tan's cheerful brother-in-law, Uncle Tam, tries to help out.

A disillusioned and lonely young man working for a foreign trade company finds his enthusiasm for life revived when he meets a young woman who seems to reflect the ideals and ambitions he once had.

This movie is adapted from the novel Heroes in Tongbai. Xiao Hua, a sister of Zhao Yongsheng, is deserted by her poor family. He Xiangdong, a woodworker, adopts her and rename her He Cuigu. To steer clear of arrest by the enemy, Dong Hongguo, offspring of a revolutionary family, is renamed Xiao Hua so as to be adopted by her adopter. Later, Zhao Yongsheng's parents are killed by the enemy, he joins the Liberation Army. In 1947, when Zhao Yongsheng returns to his own village Tongbai, his sister Xiao Hua happens to find her brother. Doctor Zhou who works in the hospital of the army, adopts Xiao Hua without knowing she is her own daughter. He Cuigu has become a well-known guerrilla hero after she grows up. She doesn't recognize her brother Zhao Yongsheng when she carries him on the stretcher. After the war, Zhao Yongsheng, Xiao Hua and Cuigu meet each other happily; Dong Xiangkun and Doctor Zhou also feel happy to reunite with their own daughter after 17 years of departure.

After her senses are surgically restored, a formerly deaf mute teenager enlists in the army and is assigned to communications work. But her inexperience with even such simple tasks as answering a telephone lead her supervisor to conclude she is incompetent, and try to have her reassigned. However, a courageous action by another soldier leads him to reevaluate his judgment.

An urban crime drama film which will cover topics from anti-corruption to anti-crime. The story revolves around Su Jian Ming and Li Hui Lin jointly investigating an undercurrent criminal case involving a huge interest group. In order to investigate the case, Su Jian Ming ignores the persuasion of his powerful father Zheng Gang, and rushes to the "Hongmen Banquet", hosted by rich businessman Li Zhi Tian. More and more clues gradually surface. The undercurrent surging behind these clues makes people faintly feel that a big game of chess is being planned.

Lee and Mae are a couple trying to work out their differences. As Mae struggles with memories of a former flame, Lee, who is a writer, works through his frustration by forming his problems into a story in his mind. And that's when everything starts shifting back and forth from reality to Lee's imagination.

A child's-eye story of Shanghainese settlers in Xinjiang during the late Mao era.