till next time

9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised – a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings.

“Stone and River... They used to be together for the past lives. This life, they haven’t recognized each other yet.” Today, Stone goes spelunking in Shoushan with River, surrounded by the beautiful karst and lovely animals. When they sit in nature, they encounter the most beautiful moment. However, River is afraid that Stone might leave her one day...

Three generations of women — grandmother, mother and daughter — live in a house on a remote island. The grandmother remains silent all day long, while the mother drowns her sorrows in alcohol. The younger brother never truly grows up. The daughter Su Min chooses to leave and works as a bird scarer at an airport. After a fire breaks out at home, she returns to the island with tangled emotions. The arrival of a mysterious fire-eating bird shatters the long-standing peace, gradually unearthing the family’s long-buried secrets and repressed feelings.

Young man CHEN Yu returns to his hometown after a long absence. While wandering in the Daba Mountains with a close friend, Yu meets a girl whose father has gone lost, an aunt with vague memory and a stubborn elderly man. They talk about the changes among people from their hometown; someone has gone missing, some have returned with scars and some are about to escape. At the same time, the legend of a wizard named Duangong is fulfilled on Yu from time to time. Things move freely between dream and reality, and the noisy telephone occasionally pulls him out of his dream.