Lou Ye

Ding Hui is a member of Purple Butterfly, a powerful resistance group in Japanese occupied Shanghai. An unexpected encounter reunites her with Itami, an ex-lover and officer with a secret police unit tasked with dismantling Purple Butterfly.  (more)

Lu Jie has no idea her husband is leading a double life, until the day she sees him entering a hotel with a young woman. Her world crumbles. A few hours later, the young woman dies beneath the wheels of a car. The police officer in charge of the case refuses to ...  (more)

An omnibus of 42 short films by auteur directors based on Dreams.  (more)

Hua, a young woman from Beijing, is a recent arrival in Paris. Exiled in an unknown city, she wanders between her tiny apartment and the university, drifting between former lovers and recent French acquaintances. She meets Matthieu, a young worker who falls madly ...  (more)

Hired to spy on a philandering husband, Luo Haitao soon becomes entangled in a clandestine affair with the other man. Along with Luo's girlfriend, they succumb to the delirium of drunken nights, but how long can their tryst last?  (more)

The film follows a young man, A Xi who is recently released from prison. Once released, he seeks out his old girlfriend Li Xin who has since begun a relationship with La La a young musician. As the two men vie for her attention, tension and violence escalate.  (more)

After getting out of prison, small-time crook Mardar stumbles upon a woman who looks exactly like his long-lost lover.  (more)

A portrait of urban anomie focusing on two bohemian artists who drift through the miasma of old Beijing in the 1980s.  (more)

A drama centered on the employees of a Nanjing massage parlor who share a common trait: they are all blind.  (more)

A short essay on the hidden realities beneath the surface of Shanghai.  (more)

Iconic actress Jean Yu returns to Japanese-occupied China to star in a play directed by her former lover. However, her undercover work for the Allies soon places her life in grave danger.  (more)

Tang Yijie, the Construction Committee Director, falls off from rooftop and dies in a demolition riot. Yang Jiadong, a young police officer starts his investigation and finds that Tang's death is tied up with another case several years ago. Soon he is framed and ...  (more)

A realistic depiction of the new difficulties people faced in the new era in China.  (more)

The lives of four Beijing University students, from 1988 to the early 2000s.  (more)

January 2020. A film crew reunites near Wuhan to resume the shooting of a film halted ten years earlier, only to share the unexpected challenges as cities are placed under lockdown.  (more)

 (more)