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- In Shenzhen, Guangdong province, Yu Liang Yuan (21 years old) and his father, Yu Ting Yong (45 years old), on the occasion of the celebration of the Chinese New Year, are getting ready to begin their annual journey from the industrial colony where they work and live to their hometown in Henan. This year, however, appears to be crucial for the future of both of them. Yu Liang Yuan, on this New Year's, is planning to get engaged to one of his old classmates, with whom he has had a long-distance relationship for one year. At their age, 21 years old, it is urgent to get engaged soon if they want to assure a prosperous marriage and to accomplish the aspirations of his family. Returning to their hometown will symbolize the reencountering with everything they left behind, the family and friends who they only meet once each year, and also with the land that they consider to be their true home. However, this journey will bring with it an unexpected surprise: the family of Yu Liang Yuan's girlfriend has been considering other candidates and has finally come to the conclusion that Yu's family is not wealthy enough to take them into consideration. For a resigned Yu Liang Yuan, this situation will lead him to questioning both the world that he inhabits and a set of traditions that he does not agree with. He will reach the point of questioning his own existence and what he truly desires.
- Pau, a sixteen-year-old boy, begins to feel a strange fascination with his half-sister Julia, who is older than him and who has just moved in with them. Pau will begin to feel an uncontrollable sexual desire that will push him to masturbate next to everything that the girl has touched. An exciting and secret consolation, which Julia will eventually discover.
- It is the first time that Jun works as a seasonal worker in the rice sowing campaign. Despite being a second generation Chinese youth, Jun has never had a real interest in rice culture as he has always steered away from his Asian origins, even though his own grandmother, who lives in China, has been a rice farmer all her life. However, sharing the days with a family of farmers who have also grown rice for generations will gradually make him begin to question what his true roots are. But he won't do it alone. He will be accompanied by the buzz of the mosquitoes, the noise of the tractors and yes, also the continuous calls from his mother.
- This is a touching story focusing on the struggle of Albert, as he chooses to battle cancer on his own terms whilst trying to help others undergoing the same traumatic experience.