Cheng Qingsong

Xie Yuwang is a new actor who has experienced countless failures in auditioning for roles. He came to Paris after the epidemic to find his girlfriend Peng Jing, who had proposed a break-up with him. The actress Wang Yang, who had made some achievements in her career, gave up her Chinese career and came to Paris to seek new opportunities. Benny Sang, a student studying in the Netherlands, provided companion services for men in Europe and used the money he earned to travel around the world. Director Tang Shupei has lived in France for ten years and is preparing his second feature film. These four people met and separated in Paris and Cannes due to a mysterious fate. In the process, they rediscovered the deeper meanings of love, identity, and authenticity.

For no apparent reason, a mute young woman assaults a youth who delivers water on his bicycle, injuring him and ruining his bike. Surprisingly, she asks him to feed her fish while she is in custody. Her tiny apartment, he discovers, is a shrine to his favorite escape, the movies.

Ten-year-old Yang-zi steals her mother's diary to find out the truth about why her mother abandoned her.

Based on the novel, “Love by the West Lake” by Wang Xufeng, “The Chanting Willows” is set against the backdrop of the Orioles in the Willows Garden, by Hangzhou’s West Lake, and tells of the emotional entanglement between a fan painter and two female Yue opera performers, Chuitiao and Yinxin. The two girls have performed together since they were children and are like sisters. Chuitiao is true to her nature and lives for the opera, whereas Yinxin appears naive, but knows how to work her way up by currying favour with the right people. ​The two are inseparable until the fan painter, Gong Yushan arrives on the scene. As the popularity of Yue Opera wanes, Chui Tiao and Yinxin’s relationship also deteriorates. It is only towards the end, when they are about to part, that they realise that the person they need the most is each other.

Qiu Shi, from a small town in Jiangnan, strives to overcome personal challenges and resolve a deep regret. As her fiancé Qingyun returns from afar, their relationship begins to shift. Meanwhile, her supportive senior brother Yincheng helps her in unexpected ways. Beneath the surface, both men hide emotions that complicate their connections with her.

On a piece of wasteland in midsummer in southern China, teenager Amao is on all fours being trained like a dog by a man. They part, and full of shame and fury, Amao finds he is surprisingly enthralled with the man’s state of superiority. He imitates the way the man carries himself and fantasizes about becoming that way. When he happens upon a white puppy one day, he gets a taste of that power, and a wild idea gradually surfaces in his mind, bringing a red hue to the night.

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