From trailblazing female filmmaker, T’ang Shushuen, The Arch was one of the earliest arthouse films from Hong Kong. Adapted from a Chinese folktale about a widow torn between her amorous desires and moral obligations, Madam Tung (Lisa Lu), a widow and devoted mother, finds herself developing feelings for Captain Yang (Roy Chiao), who is staying in her study, until she discovers that her daughter (Hilda Chow Hsuan) has also developed feelings for the older but honourable man.