妻子去世多年，影院寡言的山平（笠智众）已习惯被待嫁的女儿道子（岩下志麻）贴心照料的生活。道子表面看来也乐意将老父亲照料，影院从没流露嫁人的渴望。山平老年乐事是与中学时代的几个老友饮酒叙谈，席间友人每谈及道子的婚事、表示要同她介绍对象，山平总会含糊其辞地拒绝，但怕面对什么，他也并不能想清。不过每次饮酒他都会适可而止，以避免酒醉给道子带来太多麻烦。这日中学同窗聚会，山平得知老师当年漂亮的女儿为将他照顾至今未嫁，后送醉酒的老师归家，见漂亮人儿今已衰老憔悴，他心里一惊，想到道子。其后，他示意道子考虑婚姻大事，道子却理解为父亲在赶她出门悲伤不已，他好言相劝她方含泪点头。道子答应一刻，他又心生无限酸楚。
回复 :夏天快要来临的时候，巴黎女子戴尔芬（玛丽·瑞莱 Marie Rivière 饰）却陷入了忧伤与烦闷中。刚刚和前男友结束恋爱关系，本来约好与她一同度假的女友也放了她鸽子。尽管其它许多好心的亲友邀请她一同度假，但是她却一一拒绝了。每个人都有了自己的度假计划，只有她看似要独身 一人困在巴黎过冗长的夏天。她寻寻觅觅，终日游荡在各处，希望能够找到自己的情人，但是所遇之人皆不能触动她心。在马赛海边，她听说了关于绿光的传说：谁能看到绿光，谁就能得到幸福。落寞的她打算返回巴黎，在车站，一个男子对着正在阅读小说《白痴》的她微笑，戴尔芬似乎觉察到了什么，她主动邀请男子去海边看日落。在灿烂的光辉中，男子对她表白，而她却固执地等到绿光才给出答案。本片获得第43届威尼斯电影节金狮奖。
回复 :一次偶然中，志恒（黎耀祥 饰）结识了名叫雯雯（吴文忻 饰）的女子，一个玩笑般的诺言让他们踏上了前往泰国的旅途。心高气傲的雯雯刚到异国就给了志恒一个下马威，遭到愚弄又被诈去了大部分旅费的志恒决心报复，他假装追求雯雯，打算在得手之后将其抛弃，而雯雯则勇敢接受了他的挑战。一场车祸让雯雯受了惊，志恒展现温柔一面，两人借着酒意发生了亲密关系，酒醒之后，又羞又恼的雯雯和志恒彻底反目。旅行结束之后，志恒发现自己竟然真的爱上了雯雯，之后，他又从雯雯的好友处得知雯雯换上了绝症，他决定再也不隐藏心中的感情，他找到了雯雯，但却遭到了拒绝。
回复 :Just over 40 years ago, marriage in China was arranged by the state. Romantic love was seen as a capitalist concept and was not allowed during this period. Wedding photography (if any at all) consisted of one black and white passport photo of the couple (dressed in Mao- style outfits) as proof of the marriage. Now, China has fallen in love with love and its exploding wedding industry is worth 80 billion dollars, and it is on an upward curve. Pre-wedding photography is one of the most significant and curious parts of the industry. Every couple marrying in China will take part in a pre-wedding shoot. It involves several costume and backdrop changes where you can become a character in any fantasy you choose. For the most exotic lo- cations couples pay up to $250,000 AUD. Pre-wedding photo shoots have become an important national ritual. They are proof of the marriage but now also of love, romance, freedom, status, money and the new China Dream. As an expat living in Shanghai with a long history of coming to China, Sinophile photographer Olivia Mar- tin-McGuire was captivated by the construction of dreams through this booming photographic world. Once she started to delve deeper into this new traditional she found a unique window into China. One that revealed a country dreaming, a country rapidly booming and a country reconstructing its recent past trauma all through their own lens. China Love takes us on a wild journey into the warmth of the family web in China into the hearts of our characters and into their personal dreams with an understanding of why and where these aspirations come from. The project explores China's new position as a globalised country from its restrictive and highly traditional past - through the window of its booming wedding industry and asks what is the new China Dream when it comes to love.
