在这部八月剧情/家庭片中,九十年代初的西部小城，结束了小升初考试的张小雷（孔惟一 饰）终于迎来了盼望已久的没有作业的暑假。然而这个自由的，炎热的夏天并不是想象中那样红火热烈，更多是平常反复的家庭生活和大把闲工夫。恰逢那一年国家开始实施国有单位转型，铁饭碗被打破，张小雷父亲（张晨 饰）的单位也受到改革冲击，他们生活的家属院 里每一个家庭的生活都被改革影响着。孩子们整日百无聊赖，而看似平静的大人们，心却像烈日炙烤着那般燥热。张小雷就那么静静的耗着，感受着身边隐隐发生的一切。直到父亲为了生活同其他人远走他乡，家里只剩下了母子俩，张小雷才着实感觉到时间过去了，生活不一样了。立秋那天夜里，张小雷家的昙花在院子里悄然开放，像是意味着什么……
In Inner Mongolia in the early 1990s, 12-year-old Xiaolei enjoys summer with his father, who works at a film studio, and his education-minded mother. But life is rapidly changing, as stable jobs at state-owned companies disappear. Hohhot-born director Zhang Dalei, who was inspired by "the magic of a daydream" he experienced while visiting his grandmother, has created a portrait of his country's past, in beautiful monochrome. Distancing itself from the nostalgic tone of popular teen dramas, the film presents a boy's detached view of the world. Pema Tseden, of Old Dog and Tharlo, is the executive producer. In a small town in western China in the early 1990s, after finishing primary school, Xiaolei looks forward to his long-awaited summer vacation, free of homework. However, this hot summer is not the usual leisurely summer he imagines, as it coincides with the transformation of state-owned companies and the loss of job security. While Xiaolei and his friends idle away the days, the shock of the reformation of state-owned enterprises sees his parents, seemingly calm in the blazing sunshine, seething wg with inner anxiety. As time passes, Xiaolei has a feeling that a revolution has quietly taken place. His father has to become a migrant worker to make a living, with the mother and son relying on each other. Xiaolei feels that life has changed completely. One night at the beginning of autumn, the epiphyllum in Xiaolei's yard blooms, as if it were an apocalypse.
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