In a village in Hunan, it is the beginning of spring. Honggui, a 14-year-old girl who lives with her aunt, daily stares anxiously at the still-clean toilet paper stuffed into her underpants. At school, she refuses a request by her best friend, Baiyu. At her aunt’s house where she has lived for 7 years, her aunt often plays mahjongg deep into the night...
Civil war ravages Irina’s country. Soldiers burst into her family’s house, kill her relatives and rape Irina. Traumatised, Irina flees to Berlin where she works illegally as a prostitute. In Berlin she meets Kalle, an unemployed punk, and lets him stay at her apartment. The two fall in love. But their happiness is soon threatened in the extreme when Kalle discovers a dead john in his girlfriend’s bed and commits a desperate deed.
[Stranded] In a small seaside resort on the Northern French in the last week of August, Sylvain’s lonely world is brightened by the visit of a beautiful young mother and her equally attractive daughter from Paris. [A World Without Women] Luc sets off on a bike ride in an attempt to forget his troubles. A series of incidents force him to spend the night in a small village in Picardy.
The film is a legendary manga comic created by manga artist Kyoko Okazaki. It originally appeared in "Feel Yong" magazine in the 90s, and instantlly grabbed the Japanese girls’ heart with its sensational subject matter and real and faithful emotions.The comic was published in 2003, and won the 8th Teduka Osamu Cultural Award, one of the few most important awards in the manga industry.
The bird expert, Min Lin, had cold war with his brother, Xiong Lin, for years. Meanwhile, Min paid too much attention to the brood crisis of the migratory bird, Angel. Everything was just like a mysterious test from life. While Angel had new chicks again, the baby of Lin family was also born finally. It’s written in love, and brought by the migratory birds.
Yuhsiang was born blind. Listening in the darkness, he expresses his hope and passion for life through the piano. Chieh dreams of being a dancer but is struggling against the harsh reality. The encounter between the two encourages them to pursue their dreams with determination.
