Mountains May Depart (2015) on Netflix
Fenyang, 1999. Liangzi, a coal miner, and Jinsheng, a gas station owner, both love Tao, who keeps a shop in town. She favors Jinsheng, and the two men's rivalry turns violent.
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Plot summary
Tao is twenty-five and keeps a shop in Fenyang in 1999. Liangzi, a poor laborer at the local coal mine, loves her without return, and Jinsheng, who owns a gas station and has money, is in love with her as well. She finds Jinsheng arrogant and harsh, yet she is drawn to him more than to Liangzi. Her preference brings the two men face to face, and their confrontation turns violent. Tao and Jinsheng choose to marry. Liangzi, unable to stay near her as a friend, leaves town. On New Year's Eve in 1999, Tao dances with friends to Go West. The story moves through three periods: 1999, 2014 and 2025.
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The song 'Go West' frames the film, opening on New Year's Eve 1999 as Tao dances with friends and closing in 2025 as she cries and dances near an old pagoda in the snow. In both scenes Tao gestures with her arm to make waves, because 'Tao' means waves in Chinese.
