It was selected for the main competition at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.

[1] Lin Quanhai, a sea captain and father, returns from a six-month journey and is informed that his 25-year-old son Lin Bo has been shot by the police.

He starts journeying back to Chongqing, a city where he once lived.

He begins to understand the effect that his repeated absence had on his son's life.

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