"The past and the future are intertwined, some people stop and others move forward."
Gu Qing bid farewell to the past and runs a tailor shop in a small southern city. She has a not-so-loving lover and a repetitive daily life. Her niece, Sun Yue, who she had only met when she was a child, comes to live with her and learn tailoring craftsmanship.
Ying Ze
Gu Qing
Mu Ruini
Sun Yue
Yao Bo Lan
Du Ke
Xu Tao
Luo Bai
Li Kun Mian
Gu Qing's mother
Gu Qing bid farewell to the past and runs a tailor shop in a small southern city. She has a not-so-loving lover and a repetitive daily life. Her niece, Sun Yue, who she had only met when she was a child, comes to live with her and learn tailoring craftsmanship.
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.
Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.
Teased by hallucinations, Shu, a slacker living in a rural village, struggles with an ever-loosening grip on reality. Yet when one of his visions manifests as real, his fellow villagers come to regard him as a clairvoyant. Can Shu genuinely see into the future? Is he actually just a basket case? Or is he perhaps more lucid than he seems, and pulling a fast one on everyone?
A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.
A street vendor with a grim home-life forges a connection with a young woman on her way to Paris.
Years after her boyfriend left her for the big city and promised to bring her there after he’s settled down, a Chinese woman sets out on a journey to be reunited with him.
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 high school student suffers from a strange amnesia, causing her memories to only last a week. After she befriends a new student, his kindness and persistence make her gradually open up.
A small town pickpocket whose friends have moved on to higher trades finds himself bitter and unable to adapt.
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.