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Lost

Shenzhen, China, the present day. Nineteen-year-old Wang Baihe is a migrant worker from a village in Shaanxi province. She has a baby son from a one-night stand with a man from Hong Kong and a small income from making Chinese decorative knots at home. Her dream is to open a noodle restaurant and “make lots of money and become a city person” but she finds it difficult to find regular employment because of her baby boy. Her story emerges through interviews with journalist Liu Nan, who is writing a book about her. When Baihe discovers her son has congenital heart disease, she tries desperate ways to raise the RMB80,000 (US$12,000) for the operation, helped by her friend and fellow migrant worker Hu Jinling.

Lost

NR 2010
Mother and Son

After falling in love with Han Liren and giving birth to an "illegitimate child", Han Liren abandoned her and married a rich girl and cheated her out of the child. Huang Su then left the country, changed her name to Lin Luping, and became an actress. Sixteen years later, Huang Su was so popular that she was invited to perform in Shanghai. The young actor she worked with, Han Chen, was withdrawn and hated everyone, and everyone discriminated against him because he was an abandoned "illegitimate child". On stage, Han Chen played Lin Luping's son and was very successful. Later Lin Luping finds out that he turns out to be her biological son who was cheated away by Han Liren years ago. At this point, the theater owner Han Liren appears and wishes to get back together with Lin Luping, but is rejected by Lin Luping's mother and son.

Mother and Son

7.0 1947
12 Citizens

When the film broke out that a young man coming from a rich adopted family murdered his birth father, the controversy around the case hit a nerve with the public at large. An experiment was held through the form of virtual court inside a college to discuss this hot topic. During the process of virtual court, 12 Chinese people from different walks of life got together and discussed the case like a jury. Through intricate and thought provoking questions from the main character, people start to think more critically about the case. During this process, one sees the revelation of people's bias and emotional-preconceptions about the suspect, about each other, and also about the society.

12 Citizens

7.3 2014
Till Love Do Us Apart

Jiayi (Tong Liya), who grew up in an orphanage, has not been buried by life, but instead has a natural strength to not give up and has become a stubborn seed. She recognizes Curly Hair (Huang Minghao), who also grew up in the orphanage, as her younger brother, and the two support each other along the way. A chance encounter awakens in her a mother's love and a new desire for life. For the sake of her own nature and rights, she must bravely face everyone's doubts and difficulties, fight to the end, and go forward alone.

Till Love Do Us Apart

10.0 2024
Tai Chi Zero

In legendary Chen Village, everyone is a martial arts master, using their powerful Chen Style Tai Chi in all aspects of their lives. Lu Chan has arrived to train, but the villagers are forbidden to teach Chen Style to outsiders, and do their best to discourage him by challenging him to a series of fights. Everyone, from strong men to young children, defeats him using their Tai Chi moves. But when a man from the village's past returns with a frightening steampowered machine and plans to build a railroad through the village at any costs, the villagers realize they may have no choice but to put their faith in Lu Chan... who has a secret power of his own.

Tai Chi Zero

6.0 2012
Feed Me

On an old barge moored close to a small village inhabited by old people and children, live young Wang Wang and his grandfather. The latter is immensely fond of the local doctor, Ms. Bei, who keeps prompting him to buy her a ring as proof of his good intentions. Wang Wang attends the local school, but, in the absence of maternal authority, with great reluctance. Then, one night, a young pregnant woman is discovered hiding on the boat, ready to give birth. With the arrival of her little baby girl, the young mother, already used to her river accommodations, opts to stay with them. Life on the barge is no longer the same. Wang Wang feels the stirring of adolescence and an Oedipal attraction to the young woman; the grandfather is diagnosed with dementia and and is warned that its first signs could soon manifest themselves; and the new young mother keeps a bag whose contents will later reveal a dark secret. Three people at a crossroads in their lives.

Feed Me

7.2 2013
Paradise in Service

Set in the island Kinmen, often seen as the most dangerous military base because it’s geographically close to China, "Paradise in Service" follows the adventure of a boy who serves his military service in Unit 831 from 1969 to 1972, in preparation for a war that could erupt anytime. Through an unlucky lottery draw result, Pao, a twenty-something young man from Southern Taiwan has to serve the military in the remote and perilous Kinmen. Moreover, he is assigned to the Sea Dragon (ARB), a unit noted for the toughest physical training. It never occurs to Pao, however, that the greatest challenge in his military service lies not in the Sea Dragon but in Unit 831, a special task he is later appointed to… In this peculiar assignment, Pao vows to keep his virginity against all odds.

Paradise in Service

6.8 2014
The Ennead Legacy of Yuhuang

Emperor Yu dominated the world and divided it into nine continents, after which he soon passed away. Since then, the cultivation levels of martial artists in the world have been classified into three realms: "Post-Heaven, Pre-Heaven, and Illusory Realm." A thousand years later, chaos erupted in the nine continents. The nine major sects openly and secretly contested for the treasures left by Emperor Yu, seeking to dominate the world. Teng Qingshan, blessed with exceptional talent, reached the Pre-Heaven realm at a young age. However, after accidentally obtaining the key, the Nine Cauldrons Pendant, which opens the treasure, he is hunted by Qinghu Island, leading to the tragic extermination of his own sect. Amidst the storms within the martial world, the nine sects gather to seek revenge, protect the treasure, and Teng Qingshan faces numerous challenges and life-and-death battles against the forces of evil.

The Ennead Legacy of Yuhuang

NR 2023
Shadow Magic

Beijing, 1902: an enterprising young portrait photographer named Liu Jinglun, keen on new technology, befriends a newly-arrived Englishman who's brought projector, camera, and Lumière-brothers' shorts to open the Shadow Magic theater. Liu's work with Wallace brings him conflict with tradition and his father's authority, complicated by his falling in love with Ling, daughter of Lord Tan, star of Beijing's traditional opera. Liu sees movies as his chance to become wealthy and worthy of Ling. When the Shadow Magic pair are invited to show the films to the Empress Dowager, things look good. But, is disaster in the script? And, can movies preserve tradition even as they bring change?

Shadow Magic

5.9 2000
Drug Girl

The sad Xiao Dan seeks help from his classmate Zhou Jian (played by Chen Zhijian), but Zhou Jian also has a lot of troubles at home, and he is powerless.    Under the temptation of big sister Hu Li (played by Pu Chaoying), Zhou Jian was contaminated with drugs and was out of control. Gradually, Zhou Jian and Xiao Dan began to help Hu Li with drug trafficking, and the two got deeper and deeper. Xiaodan became a showgirl in the karaoke bar run by Hu Li. In the end, Xiao Dan still became addicted to drugs. Xiong Jian abandoned her. Xiao Dan could only raise money to take drugs by selling himself. The desperate Xiao Dan felt that life was better than death, but still could not resist the call and temptation of drugs.

Drug Girl

NR 1995
A Widow's Man

In the months when she was young and widowed, she ran back to her natal family reluctantly and was ridiculed by her sister-in-law, so she had to return to the house of the widowed king. The old master of the Wang family divided the property early, the sister-in-law divided the land, the second sister-in-law divided the house, and got a few pigs in the month. A Hui, a man in the village, was originally sexually interested in his sister-in-law Yuyan, but after seeing Yueli, Rijiushengqing left Yuyan and flew with Yueli~~~

A Widow's Man

5.8 1993
My Kingdom

In the 19th century, the Prince Regent of the Qing Dynasty orders the mass execution of the entire Meng clan. Before his beheading, the leader vows that his family will avenge this travesty of justice. Awaiting his death, a five-year-old Meng boy named Erkui bravely sings an aria. The power and purity of his voice touches the opera star Master Yu and his seven-year-old pupil Guan Yilong. Master Yu rescues the boy and the two orphans become brothers. Years later, Master Yu wins the coveted golden "The Mightiest Warrior" plaque from the Prince Regent, but subsequently loses it in a duel with his archrival Master Yue. Banished from the stage upon his loss, Master Yu spends his time training the two brothers in the village. When the boys grow into men, they set off for Shanghai to pursue revenge. Once they reach Shanghai, they quickly defeat Master Yue, reclaiming not only the plaque but also taking over the Yue's opera troupe.

My Kingdom

4.6 2011