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Shadow of Dream

Wan Renle, a man in his sixties in Taipei, becomes eccentric after buying an old record, leading to hallucinations about reuniting with a former lover. His daughter, Wan Jinjin, admits him to a hospital, where she learns of his secret romance with Tong Shuizhu, a Beijing drum singer. Renle goes missing, and Jinjin finds him in Tianjin, discovering he was searching for Shuizhu, who is her biological mother and has passed away. Jinjin arranges a meeting with a woman posing as Shuizhu, but Renle recalls Shuizhu’s suicide. Back in Taipei, Renle is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, and Jinjin continues to help him regain his memories.

Shadow of Dream

8.0 1993
Love Affair

One day, Fan Xiaoxin, who works as a tour guide, receives a request from Li Li's boyfriend and decides to take care of Li Li for 10 days. Lili lost her sight in her accident and was disappointed in her awaiting her surgery. Her boyfriend is burdened with such Lili, so she entrusts her Lili to her Pansha Oshin and returns to Japan. To appease her depressed Li-Li while waiting for her boyfriend to contact her, Pan Xiao Xin helps her Li-Li by traveling with her to her favorite attractions.

Love Affair

NR 1997
Tiananmen

A CCTV-commissioned, 8-part series shot between 1988 and 1990, but barred from being released after the events of June 4th. A production of the Structure, Wave, Youth, Cinema (SWYC) Experimental Group, an informal collective of young filmmakers founded in the summer of 1989 and devoted to the production of documentaries, that includes: this series' two directors, Shi Jian and Chen Jue, as well as Beijing TV's Wang Zijun, and this series' screenwriter, Kuang Yang (under the name Guang Yi). Tiananmen documents various aspects of life surrounding the Square: survivors of the imperial era, street performers, fledgling entrepreneurs, fashion school students, foreigners marrying Chinese nationals, and so forth. Each episode starts with a close-up of a giant portrait of Mao hung over the Square, and proceeds as a hybrid of archival footage, direct cinema, and cinema verité, weaving a permanent dialectic between the present and the past, daily life and history.

Tiananmen

8.0 1991
Growing Up

In a small yard in Beijing Hutong, the Zhao family gave birth to a son named Zhao Xiaotao in the cry of babies. In order to cultivate his son's prosperity, Xiao Tao's parents made all kinds of efforts to create a better learning environment for him. Unexpectedly, Xiao Tao did not follow the blueprint that his parents had already drawn. As Xiao Tao grew up, he gradually understood a lot of truths, and his parents also reflected on their education methods. With the joint efforts of a family, Xiao Tao changed from a poor student to an excellent student. Parents love their children. Children understand that parents constitute a picture of human affection.

Growing Up

NR 1998
Australian Killer

In a city in Australia, the ruthless leader of the "Iron Hand Gang" sent the ferocious assassin Varoga to kill Goliya, a young Russian-Chinese mixed-blood who had immigrated from China to Australia. Disguising himself as Goliya, Varoga infiltrated mainland China in an attempt to steal a priceless treasure—the "Golden Black Bear"—from Goliya's home. This nefarious act drew the close attention of Interpol, sparking a fierce battle of murder and counter-murder, theft and protection of the treasure.

Australian Killer

NR 1990
Varying Adolescence

Also goes by the title "我们的从前," and the English translated title "The Way We Were." The film follows the lives of four friend in high school. Qin Wei comes to Beijing with his father to study during his third year in high school; he secretly likes his class leader, Yun Yun, but he dares not express himself too explicitly, and instead spends his days in anticipation and fantasy... The four friends plan a performance at the school's arts festival, and rehearse an absurd comedy version of "Romeo and Juliet." But instead something else happens.

Varying Adolescence

NR 1995