Raised amidst the Hani terraces and ancient melodies, sisters Zaochun and Guyu choose divergent paths after university: one becomes an environmental investigator, the other a village official. Their differing visions for their homeland's future lead to conflicts, but ultimately, they find common ground in balancing preservation and development.
马瑜遥
李己亮
Raised amidst the Hani terraces and ancient melodies, sisters Zaochun and Guyu choose divergent paths after university: one becomes an environmental investigator, the other a village official. Their differing visions for their homeland's future lead to conflicts, but ultimately, they find common ground in balancing preservation and development.
In the Chinese town of Fuyang, four brothers go about their day-to-day lives, their destinies shaped by love and challenges.
A polyptych of interconnected stories in different time-zones, shifting between a Yunnan village, a campus, and the Gobi Desert.
An unrecognizable, charred corpse discovered in a remote mountain village in China connects three local stories.
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of them decide to go to the port city of Kaohsiung to look for work. They find an apartment through relatives, and Ah-Ching is attracted to the girlfriend of a neighbor. There they face the harsh realities of the big city.
In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student who has run away from home.
A moment of impulsiveness turns Gao Zhilei into a "stay-at-home" individual, but he never expected his life to take a turn in the opposite direction. A series of changes compel him to take on his responsibilities as the head of the family. When life's burdens hit hard, he must confront himself and start anew.
A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.
Early morning silence is broken by screeching tires as a helicopter bears down on a speeding vehicle. Taking a quick corner, the team tumbles out into the woods as their car pulls away. Now they must make their way through the thick of nature and thick gunfire to accomplish their mission. Not a single word of dialogue is spoken throughout the entire film. Instead, the music, sounds, images and deeply truthful acting turn a simple plot into an intense experience. Passion and intrigue keep building to the very end.
Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.