Recently widowed and retired geologist Guan Zhiguo (Zhang Guoli) eagerlyanticipates the annual summer visit of his four children, but one after another, they call to cancel. He decides to step outside his Beijing courtyard to check up on his brood.First Guan tries to look up his…
Recently widowed and retired geologist Guan Zhiguo (Zhang Guoli) eagerlyanticipates the annual summer visit of his four children, but one after another, they call to cancel. He decides to step outside his Beijing courtyard to check up on his brood.First Guan tries to look up his photographer son Hao (Chen He, Running Man), who hasnt called in a while. When he arrives at Haos atelier in Tianjin, he finds it long deserted. Next stop is Hanzhou, where eldest daughter Qing (Yao Chen, Firestorm,) is a successful commercial director & is married to a successful surgeon, but her absentee behavior towards their son suggests Guans own parenting style. Guan then moves on to Shanghai to see his son Quan (Shawn Dou, Wolf Totem), but is appalled to find hes left his day job and apartment to launch a startup with other hipsters. Guan arrives in Macau to visit his youngest daughter, Chu (Ye Qianyun), whom he and his wife groomed to be a ballerina since childhood, but is evasive about both her dance ...