A man imprisoned for murdering his brother drifts between his visiting wife, his memories of life outside, and his friends in prison as he struggles to find meaning in his captivity -- in everyone's captivity.

On a scorching summer's day in a small town, prisoners comb through a field in order to find the body of a dead girl.

In 21st-century China, a journalist and a former dissident, once the best of friends, lead very different lives. When one goes to jail, the other confronts rampant corruption to find his friend.

A man in jail who killed his sister because he was worried her baby would not be fully white is questioned by a visitor.