Nu mo te zhi shi

The literal translation of the title of this film is: Female Model's Knowledge.

For decades, modeling was banned by the communist regime and the traditional Confucian teaching does not encourage women to go out to work and to show themselves. As a result, when modeling industry was revived in the 1980's reform introduced in China, many had difficulties to face the fact that their loved ones entering the profession. They felt that the female models was showing their skin to public and the modeling industry is not something descent. Such conflicts lead to more than one tragedy and this movie is about one of the such unfortunate incidents.