Two families in China face upheaval over three decades of social, political and human upheaval in China. After a tragic loss, their paths diverge, and fortunes change. A quest for truth and reconciliation remains despite life’s twists, and goodbyes take a lifetime.

China’s one-child policy is the historical backdrop for this sweeping chronicle of family and loss, a journey at once intimate and epic between a tragic past and a resilient present. Above all, its humanist beauty lies in the heart-wrenching performances, which won Best Actress and Actor in Berlin.