When her husband is kicked in the groin by the village head, Qiu Ju, a peasant woman, despite her pregnancy, travels to a nearby town, and later a big city to deal with its bureaucrats and find justice.

Five high schoolers join the swim team by accident and find themselves in a situation where they have to complete a synchronized swimming performance.

When a woman who was abandoned at birth because of a genetic disorder sees a child facing the same fate, she finds herself trying to persuade their parents to reconsider and goes to extreme lengths to save the child.

On August 12, 2015, Hasegawa proposed to Ichiko. Ichiko is moved by Hasegawa's proposal and sheds tears, but the next day, she suddenly leaves home, seemingly shocked after seeing the TV news. Where did Ichiko go? Hasegawa reports the disappearance to the police, and the detective in charge of the investigation tells an unexpected story.

The masterful new documentary from Wang Bing is an intimate, observational portrait of a peasant family who eke out a humble existence in a small village set against the stunning mountain landscapes of China's Yunnan province.

A Harlem nightclub entertainer arrives on the Caribbean island of "Rinidad" to perform as the headliner in a revue at the Paradise Hotel. She quickly attracts the attention of several men.

En ældre japansk fisker rejser flere tusind kilometer for at filme en vigtig folkeopera i et forsøg på at genoptage forbindelsen med sin døende søn, der er filmskaber.

Shanghai, China, 1930. When young Shuisheng arrives from the countryside, his uncle Liushu puts him at the service of Bijou, the mistress of Laoda, supreme boss of the Tang Triad, constantly threatened by his enemies, both those he knows and those lurking in the shadows.

Kaia stiller ikke urimelige krav til tilværelsen. Egentlig ønsker hun bare at leve lykkeligt med sin lille familie. Men end ikke det synes at lykkes, for Eirik gider hverken tale eller elske med sin hustru, som han ikke finder synderligt attraktiv længere. Men Kaias lyse sind lader sig ikke tryne. En dag flytter et – i Kaias optik – fuldkommen perfekt par ind i nabohuset. De synger i kor og har en adopteret en søn fra Etiopien. Vildt eksotisk! Kaia sætter alt ind på at blive venner med de nye naboer, men venligheden griber om sig og pludselig danner det forfrosne landskab ramme om en forkvaklet kærlighedshistorie af de allersorteste…

Three thieves try to steal a valuable jade that is tightly guarded by a security chief. But the security guards are not the only obstacle these thieves are facing. An extremely unlucky internationally known master thief is also trying to get a hand on this piece of precious jade. What would be the final destination of this piece of crazy stone?

Halvblodsindianeren Keoma vender hjem efter at have kæmpet for Nordstaterne under den amerikanske borgerkrig. Alt er imidlertid forandret - egnen er i mellemtiden blevet overtaget af hensynsløse sydstatsfolk ledet af Caldwell. Da Keoma redder en gravid kvinde fra at ende i en umenneskelig fangelejr for pestramte, kommer han på kant med Caldwell og hans allierede.

In 1920s China, a nineteen year old Songlian is forced to marry the much older lord of a powerful family and compete with his three wives for his attention, slowly uncovering the dark truths that lie within their gilded cage.

Four friends come up with an unusual idea to make some money and have fun doing it. For a small fee, they will impersonate and act out any character role for their customers. In the course of executing this novel service, they encounter a whole spectrum of people in society, finding ways to genuinely help them boost their morale and overcome their fears, while gaining unusual and new insights into the human condition.

A town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. A man and woman visit the town to locate their estranged spouses, and become witness to the societal changes.

Paris, France. Commissaire Wens follows the lead of a ruthless murderer to an unexpected place.

Ji Jie Hao, som er denne Hong Kong-films originaltitel, omhandler en episode fra 1948 i den Kinesiske Borgerkrig, hvor kaptajn Guzidi fra Folkets Befrielseshær anførte sit 9. kompagni under en mission. Hans ordre var at bekæmpe Nationalisthæren, indtil signalet for retræte lød. Én efter én faldt Guzidis mænd, mens han hårdnakket benægtede at have hørt noget signal. Bagefter, da alle hans mænd var døde, indså han, at han havde taget gruelig fejl.

A group of performing art troupe members each face their own trials and tribulations in Chengdu; from escaping a family scandal to dealing with unrequited love, each experiences rejection that shapes their lives.

Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback.

An old leper who owned a remote sorghum winery dies. Jiu'er, the wife bought by the leper, and her lover, identified only as "my Grandpa" by the narrator, take over the winery and set up an idealized quasi-matriarchal community headed by Jiu'er. When the Japanese invaders subject the area to their rule and cut down the sorghum to make way for a road, the community rises up and resists as the sorghum grows anew.

Lu and Feng are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner during the Cultural Revolution. He finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife no longer remembers him.