Zhou Yu's Train is a deep dramatic and poetic love story that presents every person's yearning for love and commitment. In the story, Zhou Yu (Gong Li) struggled to make her poet lover settle with her. Apparently, the difference between their priorities are laid: Zhou Yu was ready to commit and settle down, while her poet lover is unprepared to commit and is more preoccupied with poetry. Zhou Yu became obsessed with coming back and forth to her poet lover through the train. In one instance on the train, Zhou Yu crossed paths with a veterenarian who eventually became her friend and habitual co-passenger. Later on, a love affair arose between them creating more confusion and heartaches on Zhou Yu. With this love story and love triangle set in the beautiful rural China one must be prepared to travel through the train of love, where the journey of pain and unacheivable happiness exists... Indeed! Zhou Yu's train is a masterpiece that will leave every heart broken in kiss of pain.