A reckless female detective, Xingmin, when investigating a murder case, finds the victim dead naked, hung upside down in the basement bathroom. Old detective Laozhou assures that this is one of the prostitute serial murder cases that he has been after for 15 years. As Xingmin tracks down the murderer, she has to deal with her inner prejudice against prostitutes caused by her traumatizing childhood memory, while irresistibly resonate to the murderer herself. To breakthrough the case, she needs to conquer her nightmare and risk herself to uncover the truth.
In the late 70s, an impotent policeman tries to catch a rapist with the help of a traditional Chinese medicine doctor in Northeast China.
Mrs. Li
Uma turma de velhinhos que mora em uma casa de repouso fica empolgada quando um deles decide que todos devem competir num programa de variedades na televisão. Embora alguns estejam sofrendo de doenças sérias e outros tenham sido abandonados por seus filhos, todos têm um grande carisma. No caminho, eles começam a ver que seus sonhos podem se tornar realidade e que todos podem encontrar a paz e a felicidade que andam sumidas de suas vidas.
Bai Shuzhen
Qiu's Mother
The epic story Mei Lanfang, who overcame the prejudice against artists in 1930s China to become the country's greatest opera star.
Te-Ming
Década de 1920. Walter Fane, é um médico de classe média alta, que é casado com Kitty. Eles se casaram pelos mesmos motivos e logo se mudaram para Xangai, onde Kitty, se apaixona por outra pessoa. Quando descobre a infidelidade da esposa, Walter, se vinga aceitando um emprego numa remota vila da China, que foi arruinada por uma epidemia fatal. Kitty, parte com ele, com a jornada e a estada no local servindo para mudar o significado do relacionamento existente entre eles.
Mrs. Zhao
A man convinced he murdered his wife is haunted by her ghost. Marketed as Mainland China's first horror movie.
Lao Er's mother
The humdrum existence of a Beijing factory worker and his family is disrupted when their beloved dog is confiscated by the police for being unlicensed. The worker has but 24 hours to raise the sizable sum required to pay the license fee.
Empress Ci Xi
Beijing, 1902: an enterprising young portrait photographer named Liu Jinglun, keen on new technology, befriends a newly-arrived Englishman who's brought projector, camera, and Lumière-brothers' shorts to open the Shadow Magic theater. Liu's work with Wallace brings him conflict with tradition and his father's authority, complicated by his falling in love with Ling, daughter of Lord Tan, star of Beijing's traditional opera. Liu sees movies as his chance to become wealthy and worthy of Ling. When the Shadow Magic pair are invited to show the films to the Empress Dowager, things look good. But, is disaster in the script? And, can movies preserve tradition even as they bring change?
Grandmother
Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback.
Aunt Qi
Four friends come up with an unusual idea to make some money and have fun doing it. For a small fee, they will impersonate and act out any character role for their customers. In the course of executing this novel service, they encounter a whole spectrum of people in society, finding ways to genuinely help them boost their morale and overcome their fears, while gaining unusual and new insights into the human condition.
Potion selling granny
Six different episodes about different generations' relationships. Love can be sweet, sour, or spicy.
Granny
Através do olhar de uma criança, o filme conta a história de uma família politicamente atuante na China nas décadas de 50 e 60 e mostram como foram as reformas políticas chinesas.
街道干部
For anyone with tricky personal troubles — marital, professional and otherwise — Yu Guan and his buddies have a new business that will provide the solution, from taking the abuse of a man’s nagging wife to showering an obscure writer with awards.