Tao Zhao movies

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

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.