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Escaping a dubious past, Liang Renwei and his pregnant girlfriend Pomegranate return to his home village. The couple plans to remain until the child is born, then see what opportunities arise. While he takes a job enforcing the One Child Policy quotas, she begins to see faceless ghosts of the past.
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ZH

On the edge of the Gobi desert in Northwest China, Lang returns to his hometown after being released from jail. While working for the local dog patrol team to clear the town of stray dogs before the Olympic Games, he strikes up an unlikely connection with a black dog. These two lonely souls embark on a journey together.

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