A family's gradual downfall, seen through the eyes of Tietou, a boy growing up in the 1950's and 1960's Beijing, during Chairman Mao's reforms. Tietou and his mother repeatedly try and rebuild their lives in the chaos of the destructive era.
An aging father goes to Wuhan in search for his long lost son. He finds that his daughter's boyfriend, an older man running the karaoke bar where she works as an escort, is linked to his son's mysterious disappearance. Winner of the Un Certain Regard Award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Rita and Sue are two babysitters who starts an affair with Bob, the father of a child they've been babysitting. At first they mock him behind his back, but after a while they realize that they are very happy with the ménage à trois.
May 1948: it is eight days before the creation of the state of Israel. A small ship lands a group of Jewish survivors at a small territory with open hospitality. They are met by British troupes shooting at them to prevent them from coming ashore and by the Jewish secret army, which has come to protect them.
Chi-Ching finds a corpse with a kidney missing in a hotel room. She reports it to the police and gives them a description of the woman she saw in the hall when entering the room. The woman turns out to be a medical researcher who works with, and is a former flame of Chi-Ching's lover. Soon she starts receiving threats that her kidney will be stolen next.
Set in an amusement park outside Beijing designed around small scale versions of world famous landmarks. The film revolves around a hand full of characters working there; Tao is a dancer who is dating Taisheng, a security guard, who also gets involved with Qun, who makes rip-offs of Western fashion.
An aging father goes to Wuhan in search for his long lost son. He finds that his daughter's boyfriend, an older man running the karaoke bar where she works as an escort, is linked to his son's mysterious disappearance. Winner of the Un Certain Regard Award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Guei moves to Beijing and gets a job as a bicycle messenger. He gets his bike from the company but has to pay for it from his wages, unfortunately the bike is stolen and he has to get it back from the more seedy side of Beijing.
A family's gradual downfall, seen through the eyes of Tietou, a boy growing up in the 1950's and 1960's Beijing, during Chairman Mao's reforms. Tietou and his mother repeatedly try and rebuild their lives in the chaos of the destructive era.
Martin is a devoted football fan whose life drastically changes during the European football championships in 1996. He loses his job and splits up with his girlfriend but his bad luck turns with England's success on the pitch and he encounters a mysterious beautiful woman called Rosie.
Two boys, distantly related, grow up in different regions in Italy. Rosario's mother is dead and his father in prison while Matteo is from a wealthy family. When Rosario gets into trouble, Matteo's father arranges for him to live with them for a while, hoping that the boys will get along.
Basil is a young aristocrat who falls in love with a beautiful lower class girl called Julia and befriends the mysterious gentleman, John Mannion. Basil marries Julia, despite his father's disapproval and completely unaware that has been having an affair with Julia.
