Li Hsiu

Grandma and her two grandsons live in the same apartment, and everyone is busy under one roof. Although they care about each other, there is a gap between two generations. One day, Grandma received a wedding invitation from her granddaughter. She was looking forward to preparing for the wedding and hoped that the two grandsons would accompany her. On the morning of the wedding, both grandsons had more important things to do. . . . . . .

A rather dejected Mei-li Chen lives with her extended family in the suburbs. She drops out of college when the boy she has a crush on finds a girlfriend. Mei-li eventually ends up selling tickets in a movie theatre. A great camaraderie then builds up between the two cashiers in the small ticket booth.

Jade est une fille qui a tout perdu en 1999 lors du grand tremblement de terre : sa mère qui est partie à Taipei avec son frère, sa voisine qu'elle aimait tant qui portait un tatouage étrange sur le bras. Rongée par la solitude, elle se créé un monde d'innocence et d'amour virtuel, et une fois majeure, va à Taipei. Là, elle utilise sa webcam en proposant des services érotiques payant sur internet et, un jour, en entrant dans une boutique de tatouage, elle voit affiché au mur un modèle de tatouage, le même que celui que portait sa voisine ; harcelant la Takeko, la responsable de la boutique, elles finissent par tisser des liens particuliers...

College student Hsiao Chih has been dreaming of studying abroad and having foreign affairs. His plan to fulfill this dream in the summer is, however, discouraged by economic down turn in Taiwan. Just as he feels depressed about the need to spend a long summer back home, taking care of his old grandma and her grocery store, here comes a Western girl named Elisa. One thing leads to another, Hsiao Chih and two women - his grandma and Elisa a girl from afar - spend a whole summer under the same roof...