Eight ordinary stories of love and hope that intersect in the winter of a raging epidemic, as people care for each other and save each other in the hope that spring will come.
When the dissolute last emperor of the Sui Dynasty tries to hold an empire-wide beauty contest, a corrupt official takes advantage of the opportunity to divert money into his own coffers and steals the winner of the contest, Yingying, for himself. Yingying’s admirer, both caught up in the plot,...
A young woman Mianhua ("Cotton") gets a job which she has never done before: to be a full-time caretaker of an old stubborn boxer who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. The old man's son with his later wife lives overseas and almost takes no care of him, and his daughter with his ex-wife hires...
In an accident, a series of contradictions erupted on Highway 9. In a taxi, Yu Yinyin, a pregnant woman, was going to the hospital for a prenatal checkup. In a family car, husband Qian Dawei and wife Li Weiwei decided to divorce by agreement. Their son Qian Xiaomo was deadlocked and silent. They...
