Guards looking after ships usually turn a blind eye to troubles as long as ships remain safe. Chuang, involved in disputes between foreign fishers, shelters the intellectually-challenged prostitute, Neko, in a dilapidated ship. But the ship-owner is selling the ship.
The boy’s father devoted his whole life to this old movie theatre, and now it’s about to be destroyed.On the eve of the destruction, the boy crosses the demolition zone barriers and walks into the abandoned and desolate movie theater that was once so full of voices. For this one last time, the son and his father watch a film together in this cinema that holds so many memories.
Zhao’s veteran dorm roommate, Feng, passed away. The borough magistrate is taking the ashes back to Feng’s hometown, but Zhao insists on keeping Feng’s ashes for one more day. Zhao drinks on with Feng and reminisces of their past romance with Ah-Feng the prostitute. Zhao decides to take Feng to bid Ah-Feng farewell; thus begins a journey in search for the last consolation of life.
Chou is placed in the “losers” B-class by his teacher, while the girl he likes, Min, is in the prestigious A-class. Tired of his pale and uneventful youth, Chou sees Button, a small gang leader, as the man he aspires to become. In 1996, during the Taiwan Strait Crisis, his father’s investments took a hit, and his mother’s stock trading incurred losses. The gloomy atmosphere at home made his younger brother Bin’s piano practice sound especially dispirited. Falling in with Button’s gang, Chou experiences a series of setbacks: Button leaves for military service, gets framed by his peers, Min emigrates out of fear of war, and their teacher forces Chou to drop out after catching him smoking. What kind of future awaits him?
