Zhou Dongyu

Burberry's special film in celebration of the Chinese New Year. The film celebrates the arrival of spring bringing a sense of new beginnings and a yearning to explore the unknown

Following a woman’s search for truth after being cheated in a romance scam.

In the 1990s, a group of students on the campus of the Chinese Southern Academy of Arts are pursuing their studies and preparing to face the world. China is opening up to the West and the students’ lives are a tangle of love stories and friendships, artistic research, ideals and ambitions brought about by new influences. Caught between tradition and modernity, they have to decide who they want to become.

Featuring seven stories from seven auteurs from around the world, the film chronicles this unprecedented moment in time, and is a true love letter to the power of cinema and its storytellers.

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A series of interconnected stories, set against the backdrop of the early days of the pandemic. Here, individual souls realize the world is changing, sometimes yielding heartbreak, sometimes yielding happiness, always leading to a deeper understanding of their fellow human beings. From finding love, to connecting through music, heroes emerge, each contributing in small ways to a very new world around them, however dangerous.

In cold wintry Yanji, a city on China's northern border, young urbanite Haofeng, visiting from Shanghai, feels lost and adrift. By chance, he goes on a tour led by Nana, a charming tour guide who instantly fascinates him. She introduces him to Xiao, a personable but frustrated restaurant worker. The three bond quickly over a drunken weekend. Confronting their individual traumas, their frozen desires slowly thaw as they seek to liberate themselves from an icy world.

The film tells three stories about young people during different periods of Chinese history: the development of the Great Northern Wilderness, the Large-scale Development of Western Chinese, and the new era of socialism. Countless young people, filled with passion, integrated their personal ideals into the current of the times and composed a song of youth. Through the ordinary stories of young people, the film depicts the great development of the times and showcases the patriotic spirit of generations of young people.

The story of a group of revolutionary leaders in their youth and the friendship between them.

When all four of his children cancel their yearly visits, a widower travels to the far corners of the country to see them and discovers the hidden sides of their lives.

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The story takes place on a wonderful night in Changsha. Nightbird Jing Weiwei met He Xixi, who was about to leave her hometown tomorrow morning at a bookstore, and they arranged to take a night trip together.

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Set in the city of Beiping during the 22 days before the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 is a story about the drastic changes in the lives of three brothers Jin Hai, Tie Lin, and Xu Tian as well as a romance between Xu Tian and Tian Dan. In investigating the murder that claimed the life of his fiancee, policeman Xu Tian starts on a trail that will eventually lead to his involvement in the liberation of Beiping. Jin Hai, Tie Lin, and Xu Tian are three friends who are as close as brothers. In the face of historic changes and conflicting beliefs, they make choices that take them on diverging paths. Xu Tian and communist member Tian Dan meet during their lowest moments and find a common goal that brings them together.

A story that takes place at the Shanghai Bund during the 1930's. It revolves around a man from a clan of magicians who treads on a path of patriotism after starting on a road to avenge his father's death. Ye Fei's father Ye Jin is the head of the Jin Rong troupe which is home to generations of great magicians. After challenging and winning against a German magician, Ye Jin Rong is ostracized by other troupes and dies from despair. Driven by the desire to take revenge, Ye Fei travels North to come under the tutelage of a famous school. After completing his training, Ye Fei goes to Shanghai where he meets Xiao Yao, the daughter of a ganglord, and she becomes enamored with him. War erupts at this time, putting their story of love and revenge aside as they are pulled into a fight for their country.

This drama is set during the revolutionary time in Shanghai, based on a novel of the same name of Hai Fei. During the republican revolution, Chen Shen is a secret agent under Special Operations Executive Director Bi Zhongliang, among the agents called “sparrow” (similar to the program “zero” in Japan)