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中年丧偶的美香（张艾嘉 饰）自丈夫镳（任达华 饰）去世后一直无眠。一天她在亡夫遗物中拾到一条锁匙，这让她发掘出丈夫的秘密霓虹工场，更在工场碰上丈夫的少年徒弟Leo（周汉宁 饰）。从Leo口中，她得知镳的未圆遗愿是重建一个已被拆卸的经典霓虹招牌。在Leo帮助下，美香尝试找出招牌背后的故事并学习亲手制作霓虹灯。更在重塑灯牌的过程中勾起与丈夫在霓虹灯下浪漫邂逅的回忆，过去种种温馨的片段，都是他留给她的最后慰藉。与此同时，女儿彩虹（蔡思韵 饰）决定与未婚夫离开香港生活，却迟迟不敢对美香启齿……

龙蛇混集的小镇上。汪洪为一之首，窝娼聚赌，无法无天，而善长“擒拿手”之王进勇，不甘与同流合污而拒之。一次，王错手打死汪之手下，而逃亡上海。眼看上海之繁华，王决心闯一番事业，虽然困难重重。但经一番苦战后，终成为独一无二的上海滩大亨。

Born in Dongduchon, Chil-su is talented in art. While waiting for a wedding invitation from his sister in America, Chil-su quits his job painting theater signs which is his livelihood. He becomes Man-su's assistant. Man-su is in the army serving his military duty. He suffers under the dark shadow of his father. Chil-su gets dumped by Ji-na, a college student, and he loses all contacts with his sister. Understandably, Chil-su feels a little shaken. On the other hand, Man-su is unable to find stability. One night after they finished a large billboard, the two rave around the tower goofing around. However, the police are deployed when they misunderstand and think that they are trying to kill themselves. Through their misunderstanding, Man-su ultimately falls and injures himself while Chul-su is led away by the police.

数年前，奇幻作家郭径（余文乐 饰）曾写了一部名为《荒村》的小说，故事根据一个的古老传说改编。据说真心想爱的人到了荒村会受到祝福，而虚情假意的情侣则会遭遇不幸，它的凄婉与浪漫让无数青年男女心驰神往。霍强、韩小枫、苏天平、春雨这四个大学生对《荒村》痴迷不已，他们一心寻找真正的荒村所在，以及故事中的女主角胭脂。原本应是快乐轻松的探险之旅，不久却变成了一场噩梦，他们的爱情和生命遭受巨大的考验。另一方面，郭径的生活也骤起波澜，业已分手的女友欧阳小枝（张雨绮 饰）又突然闯入他的世界……本片根据蔡骏的同名小说改编。