Crossroads is a 1937 Chinese seriocomedy film directed by Shen Xiling, starring Bai Yang and Zhao Dan.
In this way, Crossroads joins films like Blood on Wolf Mountain by Fei Mu and The Big Road by Sun Yu.
Crossroads begins at a dock at Shanghai, where college graduate Xu is contemplating suicide because he cannot find a job.
Xu tells Zhao he has decided to sell his degree in order to raise funds to see his mother in the countryside.
Yang's friend comes in and bangs a few nails for her to hang her clothes, and Zhao's framed photos fall off at the opposite side of the wall.
When Zhao gets home, he sees his scattered photos on the floor back in his apartment and retaliates by hitting the nails through to the other side and flinging rubbish to the other room.
He goes to her textile company to find materials to write his journalistic report and helps fight a hooligan who is harassing Yang.