Comrades, Almost a Love Story

Country boy Xiaojun (Leon Lai) moves to Hong Kong, hoping to get rich so that he can send for his hometown sweetheart and marry her. But Xiaojun barely scrapes by in the baffling metropolis, and is lonely until he meets city-slicker Qiao (Maggie Cheung). While she schools him in urban living, the mismatched pair become best friends and eventually have a romantic tryst. Both decide it's wise to forget their passionate night and remain friends, but they still secretly yearn for one another.

A kung fu master based in Sydney traces the evolution of lion dancing through his path of teaching. Both a ceremonial custom and a dynamic sport, lion dancing is a cultural practice that spans generations and continents.