The son, who works as a stunt double in films, hurts himself. When he returns to spend Chinese New Year with his father, the villagers wants he to shoot a film about the village in order to make it internet famous. What kind of a film one can make to promote a village that resembles Mars?
중국 지방 소도시 홍저우. 강가 다리아래에서 붉은 데이지 꽃이 피부에 새겨진 여성의 사체가 발견된다. 승진을 노리고 있는 다혈질 형사 류이보는 살인사건을 며칠 안에 해결하겠다고 큰소리를 친다. 여동생이 살해된 트라우마를 안고 있는 허천이 류이보의 동료로 배치된다. 핏빛 데이지를 피부에 새긴 사체들이 연쇄적으로 발견되고 둘은 함께 범인을 추격하게 된다. 이 사건으로 19년이라는 세월이 흐르고, 그들의 삶이 완전히 바뀌어 버릴 줄 모르는 채로.
In that cold northern city, the young and reckless Haibo (played by Huang Haibo) and the beautiful and elegant Xiaoqing (played by Tan Zhuo) met on campus. Just like those silly boys who are desperate for love, Hai Bo clumsily but persistently pursues love with the help of his friends. He stood on the roof and made a loud confession, and his friends saw that the Christmas tree invited Xiaoqing to dance. Youth is beautiful but fleeting. When they finally come together, they gradually find that the romance of the past is slowly disappearing, and the cold reality makes each other appreciate the hardships and bitterness of life. Hai Bo recalled the dream wolf and impulse in his youth again and again and unconsciously split into a self who ran rampant in the underworld and dared to think and act, and a self who succumbed to reality and made compromises. Under Xiaoqing's cold gaze, the two Haibo started to fight for the long-awaited good life.
Steelworker Chen has a passion for music and plays the accordion in a local band with a close group of friends. When his estranged wife returns one day after years of absence, she demands a divorce and sole custody of their daughter. Chen is at a loss. He doesn't mind divorcing a woman who has become a stranger, but he can't bear to part with his daughter. Chen has worked hard to give her a respectable life and has taught her his love of music. When asked if she'd rather stay with her father or go with her mother, the girl gives a practical, devastating answer: she'll go with whomever can provide her with a piano. Chen cannot afford such a luxury item, but the piano becomes his last hope to save what little is left of his family. With the help of his loyal friends and the support of his lover - the singer in his band - Chen concocts several plans to fulfill his daughter's wish...
2011년 상반기 중국 최고의 흥행작으로, 영화 건국대업의 후속 작이다. 1911년 신해혁명이 일어나던 시기부터 1921년 중국 공산당이 결성되던 시기까지의 역사적 사실을 그리는데, 중국영화사상 가장 높은 제작비를 투자하였고, 주윤발, 조본산 등 중국 유명배우 108명이 출연하였다.
