Since his wife left him, Jun has been a wandering soul who wonders what purpose all his suffering serves. In a simple farming village surrounded by barren hills, he takes care of a small temple. He looks at his hands: his right is blessed, and his left is deformed. He believes he has healing abilities and goes from house to house to help the sick. As the seasons pass, this gently-paced portrait of the wandering Jun is interwoven with impressions of village life, with its rituals and festivals, and poverty that makes many people desperate, and some defiant. Two sheep, destined to be sacrificed, add a grimly poetic note to this uncompromising and moving meditation on fate and the search for meaning. The body cam worn by one of the sheep also makes for some surprising shots. Meanwhile, Jun’s musings gradually reveal more about the crises he has had to endure and the reason for his self-sacrifice.

影片简介 榆林，地处中国西北，曾经是中国最贫穷的地方，近年来，因为巨量煤炭资源的迅速开发，一跃成为“中国的科威特”，涌现出大量亿万富翁。贫穷的人们纷纷涌向煤炭产业链，挖煤矿、开运输重卡，做煤炭信息中介以寻找一夜暴富的机会—— 本片聚焦煤炭产业链上的三个环节，采取类似访谈、速写、纪事的文体形式来分别摹写煤矿、重卡和信息中介的众生态，以表现当下普通中国人在获取财富的过程中，几分浮躁，几分焦虑，奋力奔突，别无选择…… 导演 黎小锋，男，出生于1971年，籍贯江西。毕业于华东师范大学，现工作于同济大学传播与艺术学院。主要作品有《我最后的秘密》、《无定河》、《夜行人》。 贾恺，女，陕西绥德人，北京师范大学艺术系硕士，现为上海同济大学传播与艺术学院讲师，翻译出版过《弗拉哈迪纪录电影研究》等三种著作，参与制作过纪录片《无定河》《夜行人》等，为中央电视台、北京电视台、上海电视台等制作过大量纪实节目。