Wang Hongwei, who played the leading role of Jia Zhangke's "Xiao Wu" twenty years ago, is still playing a role in the new film directed by the young people; there are always crowd actors at the entrance of Beiying, they are looking for job opportunities that day or a place tonight; a The students in the art test class are preparing for the film exam. The two girls were excited to see the idol at a premiere; the projectionist in a small city complained about everything about the film, and he missed the previous red film; one A new film critic has participated in her first film festival, the Shanghai International Film Festival. They share various dreams: make a fortune, maintain artistic independence, and have a full meal.

2008年5月12日14 :28, 四川大地震发生。 　　第一部分： 地震后10天。 　　公众的悲痛欲绝、救灾的十万火急，在铺天盖地的报道和施救之中，“生存”成为最重要的一个词：竭力寻找搜救亲人的个人、痛彻心扉的家庭，救出山里受灾养猪场的牲畜，在倒塌的瓦砾间收集菲薄的报废金属……废墟之上，衣衫褴褛的流浪汉在游荡，就像塔罗牌中的“愚人”，冷眼旁观近乎荒谬的厄运突如其来降临的悲惨世界；一位和尚与一位道士这样总结了地震：“地震的肆虐，是因为土地爷已经长久不被供奉在我们的庙宇里了……”。 　　第二部分：地震后210天。 　　四川的这个严酷隆冬，村民正在准备农历新年的庆祝活动。重建计划和救灾资金落实中的问题，让流浪汉和他的亲人颇为不满。为了迎接中央领导的到访，彻底的村庄清理和帐篷难民安置正在进行(显然每个人都将在冬天到来前住进新安置房的诺言还没法完全兑现)。简易安置房区，质量低劣的变压器造成停电，中断了大家的晚餐。 　　新年的早晨，俯瞰北川-受灾最为严重的县城：游客们络绎不绝地到来，不时与兜售最悲惨场景DVD光盘、纪念相册的摊贩讨价还价，在7万人顷刻丧生的废墟前带着观光意味拍照留念……

A documentary chronicling the coming of age of a young chinese man.

Workers, peasants, soldiers, students and merchants were five groups of Chinese society in the 1950s, after the so-called elimination of the exploited class. Borrowing this concept, the umbrella is taken as the clue to rediscover changes in various social classes after the economic reform, and to analyze the social problems in China. Workers making umbrellas, merchants selling umbrellas, students looking for jobs in the rain. Umbrella is used as a metaphor that can be seen everywhere. As the raindrop, what we see is sometimes clear, sometimes untraceable.

This important, patient documentary follows a year in the life of the sidings dwellers who eke out a living, begging, foraging, stealing and sleeping rough near the Baoji railway station in Shaanxi.