A polyptych of interconnected stories in different time-zones, shifting between a Yunnan village, a campus, and the Gobi Desert:
It first recounts the plight of a mad young widow (Zhou Yun) and her only son (Jaycee Chan). As if possessed by a magic pair of brightly coloured shoes embroidered in the shape of fish, the woman disappears into the deep waters of the local river.
the second episode takes place on a university campus at the dawn of the Cultural Revolution, where the relationship between
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