The sagas tell that E Huang was the hometown of gods. Then they left, and human beings come with pollution. Several stories are told about the young including son of a boss, worker, college girl, triad, jobless gambler, and policeman who live in a small town. The ties between them and the socie-ty remain strong but that only leaves them limited op-tions: either es-cape, or drift through lives.
The sagas tell that E Huang was the hometown of gods. Then they left, and human beings come with pollution. Several stories are told about the young including son of a boss, worker, college girl, triad, jobless gambler, and policeman who live in a small town. The ties between them and the socie-ty remain strong but that only leaves them limited op-tions: either es-cape, or drift through lives.
A polyptych of interconnected stories in different time-zones, shifting between a Yunnan village, a campus, and the Gobi Desert.
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.
When circumstances force an outlaw to impersonate a county governor and clean up a corrupt town, the Robin Hood figure finds himself in a showdown with the local godfather.
In the Chinese town of Fuyang, four brothers go about their day-to-day lives, their destinies shaped by love and challenges.
A street vendor with a grim home-life forges a connection with a young woman on her way to Paris.
An unrecognizable, charred corpse discovered in a remote mountain village in China connects three local stories.
In a California desert town, a short-order cook with clairvoyant abilities encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark, threatening forces.
The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.
Eddie Izzard takes her show to San Francisco to give a brief history of pagan and Christian religions, the building of Stonehenge, the birth of the Church of England and of Western empires, and the need for a European dream.
A boss of a toy corporation, Chenggong Li, tries to head back to Chan Sar to celebrate the Chinese New Year with his family. However, plans don't go as smoothly after he crosses paths with a stranger, Geng Niu.