Brother Cadfael investigates the murder of a wealthy landowner, who has disinherited his stepson and is poisoned by food prepared by the Abbey. Cadfael discovers that the man's widow is his own childhood sweetheart.

From the acclaimed director of Farewell My Concubine comes a martial-arts caper about a young monk who embarks on an adventurous journey after being kicked out of his monastery. As he faces the trials, tribulations and seduction of the real world for the first time, he encounters many masters along the way. Boss Zha is an opera singer with a knack for spears as well as Zhou Xiyu, a broom wielding Taoist.