Li Daguang

Although new friendships and new love await her, a college freshman discovers that university life is not as simple as she had hoped.

The Pandora's box opened in the name of love has already been unlocked. When love is consumed by obsession, just how many uncrossable boundaries will one break just to hold onto what they call "love"?

The film focuses on the suffering of Chinese who were imprisoned in a forced labor camp called Jiabiangou in the Gobi Desert in winter 1960 under Mao Zedong on the grounds that they were "rightist elements". The film tells of the harsh life of these men, who coped with physical exhaustion, extreme cold, starvation and death on a daily basis.

Liu E, an orphaned girl, becomes the Empress of the Northern Song dynasty and a regent for the next Emperor.

Amid Beijing’s hutongs, three childhood friends bound by love, loss, and legacy grow up to follow diverging paths - one chasing freedom, one preserving history, and one burying unspoken love.