A story that details the the lives of ordinary civilians amidst the magnanimous changes in Chinese society over the years. At the end of the 1970s, the Zhou family lived in a provincial city in the north. The father, Zhu Zhi Gang, has just participated in the Third Front Movement in Xi Nan. The eldest son, Zhou Bing Yi, responds to a national call to become part of the first batch of "educated" youths sent to live and work in rural areas. The eldest daughter, Zhou Rong, follows her poet husband to the countryside of Guizhou. The youngest son, Zhou Bing Kun, is the only one left at home with their mother. In the span of 50 years, the Zhou family is swept by the tides of change in China.
Directed by Li Lu
Lei Jiayin
Zhou Bingkun
Xin Baiqing
Zhou Bingyi
Song Jia
Zhou Rong
Yin Tao
Zheng Juan
Ding Yongdai
Zhou Zhigang
Sa Rina
Li Suhua
Cheng Taishen
Feng Huacheng
Song Chunli
Jin Yueji
