Kan shang qu hen mei

A four-year-old boy, Qiang, is deposited in a Beijing kindergarten. Effectively orphaned, Qiang has difficulty acclimation to the school's regimen of how and when to eat, dress, wash his hands and use the bathroom. The formation of good habits is rewarded with coveted little red flowers but since Qiang can't yet dress himself and still wets his bed, he's unable to earn any. His frustration and defiance soon put him at odds with the head teacher; Mrs. Li. Little Red Flowers is a carefully structured exploration of individuality and community. 

 Director Zhang Yuan was selected by Time Magazine as one of the 100 young world leaders and his first feature, Mama, won the Jury Award at France's Festival des Trois Continents in Nantes. Little Red Flowers premiered in Sundance 2006 and is a touching, artful meditation on socialization. In competition at the Berlinale 2006.