Wang Hongwei

Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.

A town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. A man and woman visit the town to locate their estranged spouses, and become witness to the societal changes.

China’s rapid changes from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, as seen through the lives of four performers in a theater troupe.

A small town pickpocket whose friends have moved on to higher trades finds himself bitter and unable to adapt.