The film will start with the decision of the central government to enter the Korean War and end with the signing of the armistice agreement. It will show the great deeds of the heroic people's volunteers in the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea in a panoramic and multi-level way.
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Duration: 2 hr. 30 min.
Walking out of the Peking University Hospital, a middle-aged man borrows a cigarette from a stranger and says, "The diagnosis came out. It’s cancer. Stage four." Upon meeting his older brother Li Chun, Li Dong suggests a trip to Yanagawa, where the brother’s first love, Liu Chuan, lives. In Yoko Ono’s hometown of Yanagawa, Liu Chuan works as a bar singer, often singing John Lennon’s "Oh My Love." On reuniting with Liu Chuan, the brothers approach her in their own ways, as they had 20 years ago.
Aired frist on (Pingyao International Film Festival/Busan Film Festival) at 12.10.2021
A story that details the the lives of ordinary civilians amidst the magnanimous changes in Chinese society over the years. At the end of the 1970s, the Zhou family lived in a provincial city in the north. The father, Zhu Zhi Gang, has just participated in the Third Front Movement in Xi Nan. The eldest son, Zhou Bing Yi, responds to national call to become part of the first batch of "educated" youths sent to live and work in the rural areas. The eldest daughter, Zhou Rong, follows her poet husband to the countryside of Guizhou. The youngest son, Zhou Bing Kun, is the only one left at home with their mother.
In the span of 50 years, the Zhou family is swept with the tides of change in China. Zhou Bing Yi enters politics after graduating from university and experiences ups and downs in his career during the drastic reforms. Zhou Rong stays on to teach after receiving her Ph.D. She has a difficult love life and ends up living in France for twelve years. Zhou Bing Kun and Zheng Juan, a beautiful yet misfortunate woman, develop romantic feelings for each other and continue to mature through their own efforts. Relatives and friends in the neighbourhood learn to move forward together. In fulfilling their own missions in life, the Zhou family represents an epic tale about the contemporary Chinese people.
Adapted from a novel "A Lifelong Journey" (人世间) by Liang Xiao Sheng (梁晓声).
The story of five high schoolers who joined the swim team by accident find themselves in a situation where they have to complete a synchronized swimming performance.
Zhang Wei has been unexpectedly appointed as the captain of the male synchronized swimming team. When the coach gets into an accident on the first day of training, Zhang Wei not only has to take on the duties of a coach, but he is on the verge of a breakdown upon realizing that none of his teammates have any interest in synchronized swimming. The five boys who were deceived are like ducks driven onto a perch forced to take the leap. Nonetheless, they worked hard and persevered until the end to come up with a very special performance.