Buddha Mountain is a 2010 drama film directed by Li Yu and starring Sylvia Chang, Fan Bingbing and Chen Bolin. It was produced by Laurel Films, a small independent production company owned by Fang Li and based in Beijing. Laurel Films also produced Li Yu's previous film Lost in Beijing. This film chronicles the lives of three youths who have no intention of sitting exams and getting into universities and a retired Chinese opera singer who is mourning the death of her son. The film explores themes of teenage confusion, angst, and rebellion and the impermanence of life. Plot When singing onstage at a pub, Nan Feng (Fan Bingbing) hits a man in the crotch as she swings a speaker around, creating tension between her and the pub owner. Following this Nan Feng, her friends Ding Bo (Chen Bolin), and Fatso eat and drink by the roadside. The next day, Fatso is bullied by a group of teenagers, and Nan Feng confronts them, smashing a bottle over her head and forcing another girl to kiss her. Eventually, Nan Feng, Ding Bo, and Fatso decide to live with a woman named Teacher Chang, who has recently lost her son. The man who was injured by Nan Feng demands compensation. To pay for this, they take money from Miss Chang and replace it with paper money that is meant to be burnt for their ancestors. Nan Feng, Ding Bo, and Fatso repair the car in which Teacher Chang's son died whilst on the way to a birthday meal with his girlfriend. On a trip in this car, they stop at a destroyed building. A flashback sequence reveals that this building was destroyed by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. They take a picture with the help of a monk, standing in the ruins of the Buddha temple. Nan Feng sees Ding Bo kissing another girl at a night-club and grows jealous. She returns to Teacher Chang for comfort. By day, Nan Feng, Ding Bo, Fatso and Teacher Chang go to the destroyed Buddha temple where they help with repairs and hang a bell. During the evening, they share a conversation where the monk reveals that his master's body is the real temple. Teacher Chang says she has done all she has to do and has no regrets, after happily knowing Nan Feng and the others have mended their personal lives The next morning, Nan