Synopsis
Chinese filmmaker Wang Xiaoshuai directed and co-wrote this evocative drama of life in the waning days of the Cultural Revolution. It's the mid-'70s, and 11-year-old Wang Han (Liu Wenquing) is adjusting to life in a new town; under government orders, his father (Wang Jinchun) left his job in a coastal city and has relocated to a factory in a run-down inland community. While Wang Han, his mother (Yen Ni), and his younger sister (Zhao Shiqi) strive to make the best of their new circumstances, his father's...more