Director‘s Statement:
Family affection is an eternal theme, which cannot be avoided or abandoned. The father in vulnerable age takes care of the mentally retarded son, which makes people feel the strongest fatherly love in the world. China's social security system still has a long way to go. And on this rugged road, how many people like the father and son in the film are struggling against their fate most tenaciously, and even if there is only the last bit of strength left, they must persist and live humbly and bravely. Facing the reality, the darkest side of human nature is also displayed incisively and vividly. When the son-in-law of the old father left the mentally retarded son of latter in the wilderness, people felt the cruelty and coldness of fate. The world needs warmth, and people need sincerity. How to make choices on the road of life is confronted with the severest test. It tells the hardships faced by the father and son with almost documentary lens language, revealing the dignity in plain life.