Mountain+Girl,+River+Girl

Pan-pan and Shui-lian, two teenage girls born miles apart in rural China. Driven by dreams of adventure and of an escape from poverty and isolation, each gril makes he difficult decision to leave home for a better life. Pan-pan, quiet and determined, leaves her mountain village and heads for Beijing, while Shui-lian, the fiery and rebellious "river girl," sets her sight on Shanghai. Beset by unimagined challenges and perils, their dreams unravelling, they happen upon each other and from a feep friendship-but will it be strong enough to withstand the dangers on the road ahead?