在这部旁听生剧情片中,一个腐朽但有力的父亲和一个新鲜但虚弱的儿子的故事。镜头焦距一所高校，但格局开阔，任务涵盖老中青三代，探讨的主题包括社会体制、真理和正义以及性爱。
Weinan returns to China after being expelled from school in the UK, following his fathers advice he enrolls to a local university in Shanghai as a part-time student. Without much understanding of Chinese society and the way of life, Weinan chooses Sociology as his major subject and he is assigned to write a report based on the modern Chinese life. Weinan decides to write about his own father who is the dean of the university.
《旁听生》：让男主打一场华丽的酱油。
