Love in live

Without men, women's lives would be a total mess. That, anyway, seems to be what female director Ma Liwen is saying in her new film Desires of the Heart (Tao Hua Yun).

The film, which premiered on Nov 20, charts five love affairs in 100 minutes in Chinese with English subtitles.

A divorced woman falls into the clutches of a womanizer; a girl devotes herself to finding a rich husband; a university student breaks up with her loving boyfriend because they had had pre-marital sex; an elderly woman is knowingly cheated by a young man; and a rich girl falls in love with a poor cook.