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The Bodyguard from Beijing

  A corrupt businessman commits a murder and the only witness is the girlfriend of another businessman with close connections to the Chinese government, so a bodyguard from Beijing is Read More

The Rickshaw Man

  At the turn of the Twentieth Century, rickshaw driver Matsugoro “Matsu” is a happy man and a troublemaker well-known by everyone in his village. One day, Matsu sees an Read More

Me and You

  Lorenzo has difficulties in communicating with other people and pays more attention to his inner world. When his class goes to the mountains for a week to ski, Lorenzo Read More

So Close to Paradise

  So Close to Paradise takes place in the 1980s in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. The film follows two young migrant workers. Young innocent Dong Zi (Shi Yu) Read More

Shanghai Triad

  When teenager Shuisheng (Wang Xiaoxiao Cuihua) arrives in Shanghai from the country, he is brought by his uncle (Li Xuejian) to work for gang leader Tang (Li Baotian). Tang Read More

Rouge

  In 1987 Hong Kong, newspaperman Yuen (Alex Man) and his girlfriend, Chor (Emily Chu) are drawn into a doomed 1930s romance when the ghost of courtesan Fleur (Anita Mui) Read More

Rickshaw Boy

  Xiangzi is a young, hardworking, well-built rickshaw puller who dreams of owning his own rickshaw. Just when he has earned enough to buy one, it is confiscated by warlord Read More

Lost and Love

  One day in 1999 when his two-year-old son Lei Da goes missing, Anhui farmer Lei Zekuan (Lau) begins his fifteen-year-long journey of hardship searching for his lost son. On Read More

Loach is Fish Too

  The story of two characters from the countryside who arrive in Beijing hoping to “make it” as unregistered (illegal) laborers. Niqiu is a recently divorced woman who arrives in Read More

A World Without Thieves

  A huge hit in China, this fast-paced drama follows a con man (Andy Lau) and his equally cunning girlfriend (Rene Liu), who head through western China after swiping a Read More