The film follows several disaffected youth in the fictional Thirteen Princess High School in Chengdu. Feng, the film's protagonist, is a short-haired tomboy who has a love affair with the jock, Taotao. With the arrival of Bao, a student from Beijing, Feng finds herself gravitating to the new presence.
Судьбы папы, мамы и троих детей прослеживаются на протяжении приблизительно десяти лет. Девочка, мечтающая служить в парашютных войсках, ее добродушный брат-толстяк и младший братишка, проблемный подросток, последовательно разочаровываются в своих мечтах и идеалах, чтобы погрузиться в бытовую трясину.
The lives of a Beijing family throughout the 1950s and 1960s, as they experience the impact of the Hundred Flowers Campaign, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.
Wu Xueying comes back with her doctorate. Once at home, she hears of her brother's suicide and Mad Lu takes away her file case. The police believes that her brother was murdered.
