Ju Dou

A gallerist risks her family and flourishing career when she enters into an affair with a talented painter and slowly loses control of her life.

During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as his wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.

A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.