Ti is a really poor construction worker who struggles to keep his son, Dicky, in private school. One day he mistakes an orb he finds in a junkjard for a toy his son has been heavily requesting, since all of the classmates have it. But this object turns out to be an alien creature with regenerative powers that will end up teaching important lessons to both father and son. Amidst a dramatic turn of events, Dicky is confronted with the harsh realities...

In 1920's China, women had few options. So following the death of her father, Songlian, a beautiful nineteen-year-old college student agrees to marry a wealthy nobleman. She is to be wife number four at his estate, where daily life revolves around an ancient family custom: the master raises a red lantern outside the house of the wife with whom he desires to spend the night. On the surface, there is harmony between the wives, but trapped inside their...

When a shy small-town boy heads to Beijing for violin lessons, he discovers a new world filled with first loves, lasting friendships ... and a secret that will change his life forever.

An ordinary, courageous woman in a small village fights against the system in her quest for justice.