Clash

A rousing dog and man comedy composed of just 61 shots, and set in Shenyang in northeastern China, where people argue continuously. The film takes off from the premises of an MA student losing his professor’s dog and must enlist his father’s help to retrieve it, lest his prospects of a tutorship vanishes. A biting satire on every conceivable ill in modern Society, and an endearing portrait of a father-and-son relationship.

The plot spans nearly 30 years and tells the story of a poor boy from the northeast, "Xiao Bao", who follows his village's hairdresser, "Er Ge" (Sha Yi), to Shenzhen, a special zone. The two are forced to take care of the baby, and then they meet up with a cold-hearted young woman named Ma Lu (Ma Li).

Zuo Shouquan is the director of the morning paper in a north-eastern city. He has a daughter, Zuo Mingming, who lives with his ex-wife. The girl is neglecting her studies. She is not particularly interested in her education. Her father wants her to move and start working at his newspaper. Zuo Mingming won’t have it; she plays in a band and her only dream is to pursue a musical career in the south. Father versus daughter, north versus south – a deeply rooted conflict between different systems of values in a contemporary Chinese comedy.

Five entrepreneurs Long Ge, Xue Qin, Niu Yu Lu, Lao Si, and Cui Gen Xian runs a music-themed bar in Beijing's Hutong. The bar reflects the positive energy of good ordinary people interacting with customers and friends from all walks of life, and leads to a series of hilarious and funny events. (Source : Chinese = Baidu; Douban || Translation = MyDramaList)

When a heroic act entangles Liu Haizhu in the underworld, he forms a life-changing bond with Dong Batian amid the social upheaval of the late 1970s. As friendships are tested and loyalties challenged, Liu Haizhu must find his own path through love, conflict, and personal redemption.