Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.
Wang Tiemei, a single mother, loses her job and moves, befriending neighbor Xiaoye who appears cheerful but is depressed. Their bond grows as Tiemei navigates relationships with her ex-husband causing trouble.
A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
Trying to put her life back together after the death of her husband, Libby and her children move to her estranged Aunt's goat farm in central Texas.
The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.
The daughter of a right-winger, schoolgirl Jing Qiu is sent to the countryside for reeducation, and tasked to help write a textbook. There she meets Lao San, a young soldier with a bright future ahead. Despite the class divide and parental disapproval, romance blooms against turbulent times.
Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.
Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?
A road trip through Louisiana transforms three strangers who were originally brought together by their respective feelings of loneliness.
A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married.
A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.
An aspiring musician agrees to a marriage of convenience with a soon-to-deploy Marine, but a tragedy soon turns their fake relationship all too real.
In a small coastal California town, Henry and Nicky are pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II. Henry begins romancing new-to-town Caddie Winger, believing her to be wealthy. Mischievous and irresponsible, Nicky gets into trouble which forces the other two to become involved, testing their relationship, as well as the friendship between the boys.
A holiday fable that tells the story of an elderly man discovering love for the first time.
A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.
A street vendor with a grim home-life forges a connection with a young woman on her way to Paris.
In the late Ming Dynasty, three sworn brothers who serve as the imperial secret police are dispatched to hunt down Wei Zhongxian, a eunuch politician who had been forced to resign from his influential post and exiled from Beijing. The brothers return successfully from their quest, only to find that their task was but the beginning of a strange conspiracy.
Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.
Wu Renlin
Ma Youtie
Hai Qing
Cao Guiying
Yang Guangrui
Zhang Yongfu's Son
Dengfeng Zhao
Ma Youtong
Cailan Wang
Sister-in-Law
Jiangui Zeng
Ma Youtong's Eldest Son
Wu Yunzhi
Ma Youtong's Second Son
Zhanhong Ma
Brother Guiying
Cuilan Wang
Guiying's Sister-in-Law
Caixia Xu
Ma Hongmei
Shengfu Li
Village Chief
Min Zhang
Clothes Stall Owner
