Farewell My Concubine
Abandoned by his prostitute mother in 1920, Douzi was raised by a theater troupe. There he meets Shitou and over the following years the two develop an act entitled “Farewell…
To Live
Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry.
The Emperor’s Shadow
Epic drama about China’s first emperor (221 BC) who struggles to make his childhood best friend, now China’s greatest composer, succumb to his will and compose a grand anthem to…
Eighteen Springs
Based on an Eileen Chang novel, a story of romance and fate set in the Shanghai of the 1930s. Manjing (Wu Chien-lien), a young woman from a once-well-off family, works…
Big Shot’s Funeral
Yankie director Don Tyler faces mounting insecurity and declining health while on location in Beijing, so his assistant hires down-and-out camerman YoYo to take the reins. Scrambling, studio boss sells…
Let the Bullets Fly
Set in China during the Warlords Period of the 1920s, notorious bandit chief Zhang descends upon a remote provincial town posing as its new mayor, an identity that he had…
The Wasted Times
Cook Up a Storm
A Cantonese street cook along with his main rival, a French-trained Michelin starred chef, detect they will have a lot in common while they get ready for a world-famous culinary…