The Root Of Girl

Young student Bai Xuemei is cheated and sold as a wife by human traffickers to a remote village. Raped and beaten, she leads the life of a sex slave and child-bearer with no hope of escape because of the villagers apathy and selfishness.

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.

Tianqing falls in love with Ju Dou, his uncle's wife who is tortured for being childless. However, after they have an affair, they discover that his uncle is impotent and try to conceal the truth.

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.

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.

A Taipei family faces personal and moral uncertainty as everyday events test their relationships and sense of purpose.

After the sudden death of their father, four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother.

A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.

A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.

Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.