Li Shih

For a sleepless city like Taipei, the lives of the rich and poor occasionally cross. These people flit in and out of one another lives, in a seemingly endless food chain of love.

When the wife who has been away from her cab-driving husband for ten years suddenly returns home, she brings back the long-lost family life the man had all but forgotten. He wonders if God has finally answered his prayers. But a sudden accident uncovers the truth behind the façade of new found happiness. Will his wife's return redeem his shattered life, or bring only false hope?

Tiger, a young man from Hong Kong, travels to Taipei on assignment as a mule for the syndicate. He is honey- trapped by local thugs, and makes an escape. Running away from his pursuers, he ducks into a deserted shop in a mall. This turns out to be a place where men pay to talk to random lady callers on the phone. Tiger receives a phone call from a woman named Mani, who says she is blind. Mani tells Tiger of her first love and heartbreak from years ago. Eventually, Tiger reciprocates with his own story of loss and betrayal. After leaving the shop, under a bewitching sun, Tiger finds himself somehow transported to the streets of Taipei 30 years ago. He panics and bumps into a young woman on the street. She is blind and her name is Mani.

A newly-wed American Andy picks up a red envelope on the ground near a Taiwanese night market. What he discovers inside the envelope is a family saga that binds two worlds.

Little Han lives in the mountains with his great-grandmother, Auntie Han-hsiao. In rainy days, Little Han sits in front of the fireplace listening to Auntie Han-hsiao’s colorful and mysterious tales. One day he sees an injured and dying sparrow. With sadness, he digs a small cave and buries it.

Little Han lives in the mountains with his great-grandmother, Auntie Han-hsiao. In rainy days, Little Han sits in front of the fireplace listening to Auntie Han-hsiao’s colorful and mysterious tales. One day he sees an injured and dying sparrow. With sadness, he digs a small cave and buries it.

Chunmei, away from home, she boards a taxi in the city. She goes to see the sea, to the hair salon for a youthful haircut, and is invited to dinner with her taxi driver. They go to karaoke and drink wine. The taxi driver finds Chunmei's behavior bizarre, but he knows she is a dissatisfied woman, and he begins to feel pity for her. When dawn comes, looking out the window, searching in the busy crowded city, can they find their way back home again?

Chunmei, away from home, she boards a taxi in the city. She goes to see the sea, to the hair salon for a youthful haircut, and is invited to dinner with her taxi driver. They go to karaoke and drink wine. The taxi driver finds Chunmei's behavior bizarre, but he knows she is a dissatisfied woman, and he begins to feel pity for her. When dawn comes, looking out the window, searching in the busy crowded city, can they find their way back home again?