When given two options in 20s: submitting to an arranged marriage or taking a vow of celibacy for life, three Chinese women Lian, Yi and Fen preferred the latter. Instead of serving their husbands and children at home, they earned their living in spinning factories and moved in a nursing home after retirement. Now in 90s, they tell their stories with pride and loneliness, but no regret: „It was the fashion.” It's a story about choices, independence and loneliness, but no regret: “It was the fashion.”

Luo Yi was born in 1981. She worked as a journalist and editor for four years in south China, studied documentary from 2009-2010 in London.

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Filmography: 2010 “Living Without Men”