Top Cast
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Nora Miao
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Ko Chun-Hsiung
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Wu Chia-Chi
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Chang Feng
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Chang Yi-Kuai
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Chiung-mei Chen
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Hui-fen Chen
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Fai Wan
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Ho Wei-Hsiung
Overview
Part of Golden Horse's 100 Greatest Chinese-Language Films.
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Yu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. The student riots from 1989 then ensue and take a toll on their lives.
Summer Palace
The daughter of a right-winger, schoolgirl Jing Qiu is sent to the countryside for reeducation, and tasked to help write a textbook. There she meets Lao San, a young soldier with a bright future ahead. Despite the class divide and parental disapproval, romance blooms against turbulent times.
Under the Hawthorn Tree
A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.
Life in a Year
A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
Not Easily Broken
Wang Tiemei, a single mother, loses her job and moves, befriending neighbor Xiaoye who appears cheerful but is depressed. Their bond grows as Tiemei navigates relationships with her ex-husband causing trouble.
Her Story
Hong Kong, 1960s. Zhang, a shy tailor's assistant, is riveted by his imperious client Miss Hua. Upon meeting her, she seduces him to make sure he will truly remember her when designing her garments. After this intimate first encounter, a rapport develops between the two. Entry is for the theatrically released extended version, not the segment from the Eros anthology.
The Hand
The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.
Mountains May Depart
The final part of the film adaption of the erotic romance novel Gabriel's Inferno written by an anonymous Canadian author under the pen name Sylvain Reynard.
Gabriel's Inferno: Part III
After leaving his wife, lawyer Jerry Ryan moves from Omaha, Nebraska to New York City to start a new life. While studying for the New York Bar Examination and working to finalize his divorce, Ryan meets dancer Gittel Mosca, and the two begin a cautious courtship. However, Ryan feels that he must come to terms with his failed marriage and overcome his lingering attachment to his ex-wife before he can redefine himself and embrace his budding romance.
Two for the Seesaw
Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world’s struggle for Baku’s oil. Ultimately they must choose to fight for their country’s independence or for each other.