湖北武汉一家全托制寄宿幼儿园，一群天真无邪的可爱孩子在镜头前展现他们最真实的一面。他们会为了对父母的依恋而大声哭闹、会为了和小朋友偶然的争执大打出手、会为了穿不上衣服以及摆不好椅子而脾气大发、也会为了星期四和星期五的先后顺序讨论不休。孩子的心中没有对错，就如同一张等待书写的白纸却又不可避免地被强加了许多来自大人的既定价值观。孩子无所顾忌的言语，似乎也折射出一些不难捉摸的意味…… 本片2001年5月开始筹拍，经过3、4个月观察和准备于当年9月正式拍摄，历时14个月前期拍摄工作结束，于2004年3月正式完成后期制作，影片荣获第十届上海国际电视节最佳人文纪录片创意奖、2004年广州国际纪录片大会纪录片大奖。

In the early 1990s, Xiaolei, who lives in a small village in western China, longs for a summer holiday without homework after he graduated from primary school. However, it is filled with boring routine, and Xiaolei feels the anxiety around him. When his father has left, Xiaolei realises that his life is completely changed.

Patrick Melrose is a man from a very privileged yet traumatic childhood in the 1980s. Patrick's father was a very abusive man and Patrick's mother put up with his behavior. Eventually, Patrick's trauma led him down a path of adulthood addiction and severe substance abuse in New York.

年轻气盛的美术老师郭云天（于寒）从大城市调到水城乡小学后，发现其它老师眼中的“坏学生”古阿明（黄坤玄）是个绘画天才，加上调查后得知古阿明家境贫困，郭云天开始对他照顾有加，时常为他不惜同其它老师发生冲突。 校长委托郭云天挑选一名美术选手代表学校参加比赛，郭云天力荐古阿明，遭到其它老师的反对，据理力争一番，郭云天终没抵过众人之口，心怀对古阿明的歉意带着他的一幅绘画离开了水城乡。而落选后的古阿明因为伤心外加营养长期不良，患上肝病不治身亡，不知他送给郭云天作纪念的那张画已为他赢得了世界性的荣誉。