First Spring by Yang Fudong

There was obviously a lot of production $$$ in this one. Definitely not low-budget!
It was a really beautiful film. At first, it was a bit confusing - the message. You had to think twice to really understand what the director was trying to say. But from what I can work out, it was about romantic notions of early 1920s Shanghai and the Orient, compared to the modern day.
I think the visual aesthetic of this film works really well, it is quite magical. But yes, I was a little stumped at first in trying to figure out what was actually happening.