Based on Wang Anyi's Changhen ge, the multi-award winning novel that was voted the most influential work of the 90s in China, Everlasting regret follows a legendary Shanghai beauty from her glamorous days to her simpler life, as she struggles to preserve the dinignity of her past while surviving the constant betrayal of her men. She stands tall and proud as she bears witness to the waves of changes to her city from 1947 to 1981, until one wave finally overwhelms her.