A middle-class family's fate becomes intertwined with their only son's enigmatic new friend in post one-child policy China, putting unspoken secrets, unmet expectations, and untended emotions under the microscope.
Wei Li is the product manager of an Internet delivery company. His mundane life is carved up by excessive overtime and all-nighters. His wife operates a dance studio, and his adolescent daughter is busy preparing for the high school entrance exam. This seemingly rather peaceful life has been...
Starring Zhu as a magazine's chief editor, the 112-minute film tells the story of the protagonist encountering a string of weird things after she exposes a financial scandal. Despite facing a death threat, she manages to get the help from local police officers to crack down the criminals.
The younger sister, who has been separated from her husband for many years, avoids the past and is far away from her hometown Cangshan. While doing household chores in Shanghai, she also takes care of her mother who is suffering from dementia and her rebellious son who has been in love for a long...
After escaping from her hometown Cangshan to do house cleaning work in Shanghai, Xiaomei returns home. With distanced relatives, an estranged husband and a mother with Alzheimer's, she has mixed feelings. And she suddenly notices that her hometown has been re-named.
In China, Xuie lives an impoverished life with her father who is far from helpful. She is living in Chongqing. One day, her father gets arrested because of prostitution and she is called to the police. One policeman comes closer to her and her mind is taken by him.
