Qiang Li
The story of writer Xiao Hong comes alive through memories of her great love affair, literary influence and escape from China during World War II.
On the brink of the 90s, 18-year-old Zheng Wei steps into her university life with a hopeful heart for love. She forms a great friendship with her roommates and united as a group, they embark on their university life together. Wei meets Chen Hao-Zheng in a chance encounter, and despite initial reluctance, Chen accepts Wei as his girlfriend and the two become inseparable. Four years of university life pass and Wei looks forward to establishing a life together with Chen. However, Chen is forced into an impossible decision to leave Wei. Devastated, Wei decides to start afresh. A decade later, Wei’s previous lovers Lin and Chen both find their way back into her life and she has to make a choice on her next step in life.
In a grimy provincial industrial city, a talented but unattractive schoolteacher dreams of an operatic career.
Seven short films - each one focused on the plight of a different child protagonist.