A wife needs to face not only the gradual deterioration of her husband’s condition but also the complicated relationship between the daughter who was released from the prison on parole…

A pig farmer, a busboy, a salon owner, an expat architect and a jaded rich girl cross paths as thousands of dead pigs float down the Yangtze River toward Shanghai.

A rich younger man pursues a younger girl of modest means, however circumstances usually separate them because the years cross.