China, años treinta. Una joven es enviada por su padre para convertirse en la esposa del propietario de una bodega de vino de sorgo, que está enfermo de lepra. Durante el viaje se enamora de uno de los escoltas.
Lao Hei
During the Cultural Revolution, an unschooled young man is labouring in the countryside when he is suddenly assigned to teach in a near-by village school. Gradually, he finds the confidence to ditch the Maoist textbook and encourage the barely literate kids to write about their own lives and feelings. At the same time, through a series of dream-like meetings with a young cowherd, he begins to sense the possibilities of a life beyond the parameters of traditional education.
