Xstream Pictures

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

A woman from Scotland, while traveling in Colombia, begins to notice strange sounds. Soon she begins to think about their appearance.

In an industrial city in China, a young dancer named Qiao falls in love with a mobster named Bin. When a fight breaks out between rival gangs, Qiao uses a gun to protect Bin and is sent to prison for five years.

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.

The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.

When a factory is being torn down in Chengdu, China, workers reflect on their experiences and the importance of the factory in their lives.

A Chinese woman lives for herself in silence, celebrating the prosperous Belle Epoque with songs and dance.

Yuda, a feared Chinese outlaw, and his adopted son Kirin, an impulsive young dreamer, together rule the pirated goods racket in an ultra-liberal Brazilian metropolis. The magnate and his heir control all of Liberdade, from rival g...

The spirit of a deceased mother takes over her son's body in order to oversee the task of replanting a very important tree, only after which it will be able to leave the earthly limits.