A Chinese future commission arrives in Mariannelund in Sweden. They have done their homework: Sweden is ranked 7th, China 112th. It's about happiness. But can happiness really be measured? This film can be viewed both as a contemporary satire and a poetic depiction of a condition common to the new global age, in rural Sweden and the Chinese metropolis alike.
A Chinese future commission arrives in Mariannelund in Sweden. They have done their homework: Sweden is ranked 7th, China 112th. It's about happiness. But can happiness really be measured? This film can be viewed both as a contemporary satire and a poetic depiction of a condition common to the new global age, in rural Sweden and the Chinese metropolis alike.
In the Chinese town of Fuyang, four brothers go about their day-to-day lives, their destinies shaped by love and challenges.
คู่สามีภรรยาสองคู่ต้องปรับตัวเข้ากับการเปลี่ยนแปลงทางสังคมและเศรษฐกิจครั้งใหญ่ที่เกิดขึ้นในประเทศจีนตั้งแต่ช่วงทศวรรษ 1980 จนถึงปัจจุบัน
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?
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban surroundings, the family is plunged into the despair of an archaic '80s Britain and their unaffordable new life in an English manor house threatens to destroy the family.
Early morning silence is broken by screeching tires as a helicopter bears down on a speeding vehicle. Taking a quick corner, the team tumbles out into the woods as their car pulls away. Now they must make their way through the thick of nature and thick gunfire to accomplish their mission. Not a single word of dialogue is spoken throughout the entire film. Instead, the music, sounds, images and deeply truthful acting turn a simple plot into an intense experience. Passion and intrigue keep building to the very end.
Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Instead, he becomes the feared leader of a white skinhead gang.
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.
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
An unrecognizable, charred corpse discovered in a remote mountain village in China connects three local stories.