A Great and Complex Romance About Love, Ignorance, Corruption and Intolerance. In 1928, in a revolutionary Mexico, in the small village of Progreso nearby the harbor in the district of Yucatan, Eliseo (Daniel Acuna) is the son of a violent stevedore, who is one of the founders of the local Union. The boy has a sister, mother and two friends, and is not a good student. He frequently lies, specially to avoid the physical aggressions of his father. His teacher Felipa (Blanca Guerra) decides to help him to assume responsibilities and asks him to clean her house daily before going to school. Felipa is in love with a sailor. One day, Eliseo arrives wounded due to the beating of his father and stays at her house in the night. The solitude approaches them and the boy has an intercourse with her, becoming the favorite student of Felipa. Their affair ends when her beloved sailor is found drowned and Felipa moves from Progreso. The main story continues in 1937, when Eliseo is a married young man, and Felipa returns to Progreso. This film is excellent, having a screenplay with many characters, all of them very well defined for the viewer, and many plots and sub-plots. This romance is about love, ignorance, corruption and intolerance. The direction is superb and the actors and actresses have a magnificent performance in this very credible story.
Carlos Carrera directed this Mexican drama that begins in 1928 when 13-year-old longshoreman's son Eliseo (Daniel Acuna) dreams of leaving the southeastern port of Progreso like his sister Magda (who escapes with charismatic circus acrobat Roy). Eliseo loses his virginity to his schoolteacher Felipa (Blanca Guerra), but she becomes the target of accusations and is driven out of town. Eliseo then becomes a twosome with Lupita, daughter of his father's boss. The story flashes forward to 1937, when the adult Eliseo (Mario Zaragoza) has married Lupita. After Felipa returns to the town to build a school, she and Eliseo once again become intimate, and problems erupt. Full symphonic score by Cuban composer José Maria Vitier. Shown at the 1998 Toronto film Festival and in competition at the 1998 San Sebastian Film Festival.

1920. Jean Rezeau and his elder brother were living happily in their family estate in Brittany, until the death of their grandmother. The return of their mother, a worthy descendant of fairytales' witches, brings an all new atmosphere to their home.

1981 film directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix

2005 film by Ning Ying

Bilike has never seen a ping-pong ball before. He and his family live without electricity and running water in a solitary tent home among the vast steppe grasslands. The magnificent landscape here has changed little since the days of Genghis Kahn. But life in the middle of nowhere can be exciting for a young boy. The smallest of details become big events for curious Bilike and his best friends Erguotou and Dawa. The mystery of the small white ball floating in the creek leads to questions about the world around them, as well as innocent mischief.

2005 film by Wang Xiaoshuai

Xiaoma, a young woman who has recently moved to Beijing, finds an apartment in an old courtyard apartment complex owned by Grandma, an elderly woman. Xiaoma and Grandma’s relationship almost immediately becomes strained. After trying to tidy up the courtyard, Grandma insists that Xiaoma turn over her share of the profits. Tightfisted, the elderly landlady resists even allowing Xiaoma to install a telephone. At the same time the older woman becomes increasingly interested in Xiaoma’s personal (and romantic) life. Grandma, for example, tries to pass off her grandson to the younger woman. Annoyed, Xiaoma nevertheless is flattered at the older woman’s concern. Over the course of four seasons, Xiaoma begins to learn from her landlady of the old world that the modern city of Beijing has left behind, while Grandma begins to enjoy the youth and vitality of her tenant. The two women become closer and eventually develop a deep friendship.

Liang is a four-year-old little rebel, possessed of a pair of luminous eyes and a precociously indomitable will. His father deposits him at a well-appointed residential kindergarten in post-1949 Beijing, since his parents are often away. Life at the kindergarten appears rich and colourful, made up of a variety of cheerfully sunny rituals and games meant to train these children to be good members of society.

泥鳅（倪萍 饰）与丈夫离婚后带着一对双胞胎女儿来到北京，本想投靠朋友，可朋友的处境也不太好。于是泥鳅决定自力更生，她多次遇到了在火车上要求与她发生关系的包工头，没想到两人都叫泥鳅。
男泥鳅（倪大红 饰）也是个背井离乡的人，妻子逝世了。他把女泥鳅留下，虽然吃住不是很好，但起码有个落脚的地方，离乡在外困难众多，大家也互相照应。
为了生活女泥鳅去当女佣，这时男泥鳅欠下了工人的工钱，她也提出帮他还债，就这样，他们互相挣扎在北京生活，做着粗活，养活自己与女儿。
但生活并不是那么简单，他们需要面临的还有很多……

A young Tibetan monk goes back home for the New Year's celebrations. Fascinated by television, he wants to bring his family's television to the monastery to show it to his master.

1944年，东北一个孤独的铁路小站上只有三个人，站长夫妇，还有一个扳道工人大崔，他们被迫为日本人工作。一天，火车送来了一个负伤的日本上尉浩太郎和他的小马夫，中国孤儿大头辫。不知什么原因，这个日本军官酷爱种植向日葵，他在小站周围种下了满山的向日葵，精心培育、侍弄着。为了显示他是日本英雄，他强迫强健的大崔与他比武，大崔在站长的暗示下故意输给浩太郎，被他发觉，浩太郎认为受了屈辱，开枪打伤了大崔。大崔发誓要亲手杀死这个日本人。小马夫的辫子不小心碰掉了浩太郎的乐器，浩太郎剪掉了他那代表家庭血骨的辫子。仇恨使小马夫愤怒，在为浩太郎洗澡时企图用开水烫死他。在一个葵花盛开的日子，浩太郎发疯似的用刀乱砍葵花，站长妻子碰巧看到，上前劝说，却险遭强暴，她拼命挣扎才逃脱，老实本分的站长被激怒了，他拿起菜刀奔向鬼子的住处……
秋天，站上惟一的日本兵死在浴盆里，日本宪兵队派人来调查死因。在审讯过程中，查明是由于他渴望和平安静的生活，对现实绝望而自杀。为遮掩不光彩的事实，宪兵队严刑拷打、恐吓、逼供、引诱这四个中国人招认杀人，将他们推到了死亡的边缘。直到半个世纪后，审讯过这四个人的宪兵队长为自己在中国犯下的罪行忏悔。

上世纪三十年代的中国，山河动荡，国之将亡。无数有志青年舍弃生命投入到历史洪流之中，为祖国的复兴大业抛头颅洒热血。受过西方教育的美术教师旭（陈道明 饰）曾在革命热情的鼓舞下与学生投笔从戎，走上战场。最终眼见得学生一一战死，而自己也因伤残成为废人，流落在湘西一个偏僻却景色优美的小山村，以卖风筝为生。
县城的哑女虹（李小璐 饰）宛如一道美丽却又令人惋惜的风景，青春脱俗的她心中有着瑰丽的英雄幻想。在乡村教师晟的撮合下，虹嫁给了落魄的旭，但即便如此，她心中仍时时挂念着那个骑着战马来迎娶她的英雄。直到有一天，来此地采风的音乐学院学生阳（郑钧 饰）走进了虹的生活……

20世纪早期，埃尔莎-安德松生活在瑞典的一个农场上。她的母亲在生小妹妹时难产而死，留下埃尔莎与父亲和哥哥相依为命。母亲过世后不久，农场上来了个新管家。埃尔莎的父亲和这个女管家坠入爱河，使得埃尔莎感到更加孤独。只有和音乐教师费里克丝在一起时，埃尔莎才能学着了解自己的固执天性和艺术天赋。成年后，埃尔莎闯入了一个令人激动而又不为人所知的领域-她迷上了飞机。22岁的埃尔莎进入新成立的飞行学校，成为那里唯一的女学员。众多飞行员被埃尔莎所吸引，有几个还爱上了她。埃尔莎沉浸在男性的仰慕和飞行的挑战中。一场轰轰烈烈的爱情结束了埃尔莎的学员生涯，使埃尔莎成为瑞典第一位女飞行员。从悲伤痛苦中解脱出来后，20年代，埃尔莎来到活力四射的柏林，训练跳伞。在德国，埃尔莎经历了新式的爱情，度过了新式的节日，也有了新的快乐生活。她满载着热情回到瑞典。在瑞典，她开始了新的挑战，进行惊险的跳伞表演。一次表演中，埃尔莎的降落伞没有打开，她完成了人生的最后一次表演。

富家子弟学津（刘德华 饰）自命不凡，多次恋爱后均迅速对对方无感觉，经常在订婚分手。这次，学津看上了来自上海的女服务生文青（瞿颖 饰），文青大方得体，和学津以及他的家人朋友都很聊得来。于是，学津准备与文青一起乘豪华邮轮作远洋旅游，并在船上举行盛大的订婚仪式。学津有所不知的是，文青的大方得体、学识广博其实是她每晚都努力准备好次日的聊天话题的结果，而文青也开始逐渐厌恶这种生活，她感到十分疲累。
两人上船后，文青邂逅了服务生乐文（黄磊 饰）；而学津则在和一个叫红叶（石田光 饰）的女生针锋相对后，学津发现自己疯狂的爱上了对方。两人能否在船上找到属于自己的梦幻爱情？

In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.

Yu Xiaoqin steals money from her father and blames on her sister Tao Lan, who accidentally kills her sister while attempting to prove her innocence. After 17 years in jail, Tao Lan is escorted by a guard only to find her home long demolished. The two go to the new address of her ageing parents, and the guard becomes witness to the family's difficult reunion.

Sitian, a Chinese American conductor, returns to China to give a concert and to find her three siblings again, after having been separated from them for years after the death of their parents.

Wyatt and Billy, two Harley-riding hippies, complete a drug deal in Southern California and decide to travel cross-country in search of spiritual truth.

2004 film by Dayyan Eng

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