Winter After Winter
The story shows a family surviving in northeast China around 1945, occupied by Japan. The fate of the family, especially the only female member’s, symbolizes what happened in modern China.
The story shows a family surviving in northeast China around 1945, occupied by Japan. The fate of the family, especially the only female member’s, symbolizes what happened in modern China.
A woman, He Sizhu, and her lover, Chen Mo, are in a car accident. When she wakes up at the hospital where her husband is a surgeon, she has forgotten everything. Her lover has become a stranger, but he wants her back.
Jackie Chan is the undefeated Kung Fu Master who dishes out the action in traditional Jackie Chan style. When a young boy sets out to learn how to fight from the Master himself, he not only witnesses some spectacular fights, but learns some important life lessons along the way.
One of the most acclaimed movies to come out of China last year, Feng Shui harnesses the talents of underrated actress Yan Bingyan to deliver this family drama about a woman desperate to ascend to the middle class and willing to pay any price. Powerful and emotionally tense, this is a portrait of the hidden side of the great Chinese success story.
Daiping hates Haili. Haili came out of nowhere into her apartment, her life, and her romising relationship with Chen Jin and she bullies Daiping mercilessly. Then one day, Chen Jin disappears, leaving Daiping pregnant again. Haili has also experienced many difficulties in her life, and might be the right person to help Daping in these troubled times. Although her mocking attitude doesn’t change, there’s still a chance for a bond to form between these two … Read more
”A grand drama about love and self-sacrifice in the shadow of politically conservative China, on a search for its new identity after the Mao regime.” (From the 2007 Stockholm Film Festival catalogue.)