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The story begins with a mysterious woman named Jinx who hires less than intelligent killers Red Lemon and Yellow Lemon.

May Jane, an uneducated but courageous country girl, escapes her destroyed farming village. She tries to lead a large band of orphans through the absurdity and violence of civil war (between Mao and Chiang Kai-Shek's KMT) to a ship that will bring them to safety from China in the 1940's. Extremely sentimental, brilliant, subtly rebellious cinema by the Taiwan/Hong Kong Director, who also wrote the exquisite music and intimately epic plot. Despite a number of terrific performances (including the gorgeous star, made-up to look ordinary) and sophisticated stunning cinematography, the film was unjustly dismissed by Taiwan critics, many of whom apparently harbored old antagonisms toward the director, as well as by both Hollywood-influenced young and patriotic old audiences (ending the composer/director's long successful career). This highly personal, uniquely old-fashioned and visionary film has many long sequences of superb artistry and sustained master filmmaking skill.

A high school student is deeply in love with the single most beautiful girl in all of the school, but he has to suffer through torment and bullying every day in school. When the girl of his dreams become the leader of the bullies, things spiral out of control.

A deaf man decided to cycle around Taiwan before graduating from college.

The heart-warming tale of a poor boy turns into a world-class baker, set in southern Taiwan and France. Pao-chun comes from a poor background, and realizes he must acquire a skill to provide for his mother. He leaves for Taipei and becomes an apprentice in a bakery, Finally, Pao-chun overcomes the odds and makes his dream red-bean bun, but disaster strikes when he loses both his childhood love and his mother. However, Pao-chun pulls himself together and defeats bakers from 16 countries and scoops the title of Master Baker in the bread category at the Bakery World Cup in Paris.

Zhi Hui (Huang Pin Yuan) is a hardworking blue collar worker that has to sweat under the sun everyday in order to support his family. He is happily married to Xiu Mei (Rene Hou) with a daughter (Gao Jing Rong). However, his life changes from good to bad when she is diagnosed with cerebellar atrophy. Zhi Hui finds it hard to accept the reality of his wife's illness and decides to take care of her by pushing the wheelchair with his wife and travel around the island. He brings her to listen the sound of the waves and watch the sunset. Together, the family endure the sweetness and the hardship of life.

Six years ago Yuan Fei (Annie Chen) runs out on her immature longtime boyfriend Hao Chien-Jen (River Huang), when he doesn't show up on their wedding day. Six years later the two meet again.

Three graduating seniors, Willy, Fatty and Yaya, who have no ideas what the future holds for them, are now facing the biggest challenge beyond their imagination: their friend Kaka is back from Australia with a baby in her arms! The baby disrupts their lives and also puts their friendship to the test. Three new "Daddies" are learning the responsibility of life while taking care of the baby...

Based on a true story, "Faithball" is a funny, inspiring and heartwarming tale surrounding a group of misfit kids who - along with their well-meaning but flawed baseball coach - start out trying to save their baseball team, but in the end overcome insurmountable obstacles and achieve enormous success for themselves and their community.