When the Wind Rose in Dreamtime

Two childhood friends navigate four decades of ambition, romance, and reinvention in this sweeping portrait of modern China. Chi Xiaotang transforms from a struggling high school student into a celebrated film director, abandoning chemical engineering to chase his cinematic dreams. His best friend Yin Zhong, a science graduate adrift in Beijing, finds himself entangled with captivating women before joining Chi in the cutthroat entertainment industry. Through their intertwined journeys—marked by career triumphs, heartbreaking losses, and the extraordinary women who shaped their lives—witness an…