Chen Haoyu

Qiu Jiongjiong's visually magnificent new film is a hybrid of fiction, historical reminiscence, and theatre. Its overview of China from the 1930s to the 1980s is filtered through Qiu Yu, a Sichuan opera 'clown' based on the director's own famous grandfather. As Qiu Yu negotiates his entry into Hades, his departing soul reviews his childhood, his performances, tragedies, and political perils.

Six car accident survivors find themselves trapped in a mysterious river valley where hair-raising events ensue, and escape appears impossible.

The play tells the story of Ren Ruyi, the former left envoy of Zhu Yiwei of Anguo, who by chance became a member of Wuguo's emperor-welcoming envoy team, together with Ning Yuanzhou, the leader of Wuguo's Six Paths Hall, the wanderer Yu Shisan, the princess Yang Ying, the smart young Yuanlu, and Yuqian. The story of guard Qian Zhao and others experiencing life and death and growing up together.