| Plot: | This cautionary tale follows the story of a migrant husband and wife who move to Beijing. Upon their arrival, the wife is raped by her new boss, and the furious husband uses the incident to blackmail the rapist, as their lives deteriorate...
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| Overview: | Ping Guo (Fan Bingbing) works as a masseuse at the Gold Basin Foot Massage Palace, a popular foot massage place run by Lin Dong (Leung Ka Fai), a middle-aged nouveau riche businessman and his wife (Elaine Jin).
One day, Ping Guo gets drunk while out with a friend. Her boss, Lin Dong, exploits the situation to have sex with her at the workplace. Ping Guo's husband, An Kun (Tong Dawei), who works as a high-rise window cleaner, witnesses the situation while he is working.
Following the ambiguous rape, Ping Guo gets pregnant. From this moment on, the two families have to face the uncontrollable consequences and dilemmas sparked by their choices.
Against the hectic backdrop of Beijing, this Story explores the social reality of China today, where a fast growing economy brings new challenges to traditional values, family relations and women's position as well as conflict between the material and the spiritual.
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