本片通过纪录片的方式聚焦长期生活在中国山东省某地农村的老人群体，以客观冷静的叙述风格呈现了多位普通老人的真实生活状态。影片中既有来自家人、邻居、村民、社会等方面对老人们的关怀和帮助，也有老人们在生活中所面临的实际困难，借此体现农村老人养老现状，回应老龄化社会深层问题。

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A jolly, family-oriented railroad superintendent tries to get his act together when his love for the bottle starts to alienate him from his wife and oldest daughter. His younger daughter, however, still remains unflinchingly loyal to him, and they share many fun misadventures over the course of the movie.