Manting (2023)

Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of them decide to go to the port city of Kaohsiung to look for work. They find an apartment through relatives, and Ah-Ching is attracted to the girlfriend of a neighbor. There they face the harsh realities of the big city.

In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student who has run away from home.

A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.

A street vendor with a grim home-life forges a connection with a young woman on her way to Paris.

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.

Three Chinese friends build a successful English language school to help Chinese teenagers fulfil their dreams.

94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.

Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics.

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.