Adapted from the novel with the same title. This is a tragedy that occurs in modern China. By a vivid description of the frustrated life story of Gao Jialin, a high school graduate who is first dismissed from teaching post and then enrolled as a journalist in the city and finally dismissed from the post and become a farmer again, this movie presents the young man as a serious issue of how to deal with their life.

• Xi'an Film Studio
• Zhou Lijing
• Wu Yufang
• Gao Baocheng
• Li Xiaoli
• Jia Liu
• Yu Zhongyi
• Tian Weixi
• Qian Wen