Mayak

An archaeologist unearths an idol of an ancient hunter-gatherer society in interior Goa. The discovery triggers a phantom to roam the marshlands, with an insatiable hunger. In its path lies Carona, a sleepy village of Catholics and Hindus, living on small pleasures of the past. The phantom sets its sight on Ravio, a weary bakery-worker mocked for being 'slow in the head'. On his morning round Ravio gets increasingly lost and desperate, and is ultimately consumed by the phantom. Ravio returns to the village that night, albeit in a vengeful form, leading to dire consequences for the village. Six months later the archaeologist who made the discovery, roams around Carona inquiring about the deaths and disappearances that happened here after his discovery. He tracks Ravio's steps from that fateful day and it leads him to a grove where the reincarnated phantom is resting.

Liu returns to his native city Shanghai after 50 years spent in Taiwan. He has come to find the first love of his life, Qiao, who he left behind pregnant. In the meantime, Qiao has married and formed a family. But Liu is determined to get the family's approval to take her away with him.

A down-at-heal ex-convict undergoes an epiphany as he experiences the love of a good woman for the first time.

The 50-year-old theater critic Iliev has achieved an enviable social position. A young actress from a provincial theater is his mistress. It is more profitable for Iliev to hide his relationship with the actress from his wife while she is in the countryside. He used his influence to keep the actress in the provincial theater. But during another trip to the provincial theater, things happen to him that contradict his belief in his own infallibility.

A struggling taxi driver moonlights as a disposal guy for a serial killer.