讲述了四位挚友在追逐梦想的过程中不得不面对现实的冲击的故事。

讲述了四位挚友在追逐梦想的过程中不得不面对现实的冲击的故事。

In this four and a half hour documentary or filmic tavelogue, Ulrike Ottinger tries to impart new ways of seeing a foreign culture. "In my previous films I have dealt with the themes of exoticism, minorities and their differing role behaviour within their own culture. Now I am interested in expanding this theme, in getting to know a 'real exoticism' in a foreign land and in a different culture. I am attempting to conduct a visual discourse with my camera about exoticism as a question of point-of-view. 　　In making the film, I was influenced by Chinese naturepainting: by the use of the scroll, which not only demands a different method of painting, but a different way of viewing - rolling out the scroll, focusing in on details, wandering to and fro, viewing piecemeal. So if I was filming a market square, for example, I'd pan very slowly and steadily across the square, rather than trying to capture the image in toto. 　　– Ulrike Ottinger

In this four and a half hour documentary or filmic tavelogue, Ulrike Ottinger tries to impart new ways of seeing a foreign culture. "In my previous films I have dealt with the themes of exoticism, minorities and their differing role behaviour within their own culture. Now I am interested in expanding this theme, in getting to know a 'real exoticism' in a foreign land and in a different culture. I am attempting to conduct a visual discourse with my camera about exoticism as a question of point-of-view. 　　In making the film, I was influenced by Chinese naturepainting: by the use of the scroll, which not only demands a different method of painting, but a different way of viewing - rolling out the scroll, focusing in on details, wandering to and fro, viewing piecemeal. So if I was filming a market square, for example, I'd pan very slowly and steadily across the square, rather than trying to capture the image in toto. 　　– Ulrike Ottinger

1997年，一座废弃工厂改建的重考补习班。三个角色，具体而微地描绘了中国高考制度留下的烙印：反抗性格的觉醒者，与思想开放的英语老师；多次重考的失败者，承担家庭期许的难忍重担，濒临瓦解；模范生以出乎意料的「恋爱」探索青春。三段故事，映照出那个时代青年的精神样貌与生活处境。

1997年，一座废弃工厂改建的重考补习班。三个角色，具体而微地描绘了中国高考制度留下的烙印：反抗性格的觉醒者，与思想开放的英语老师；多次重考的失败者，承担家庭期许的难忍重担，濒临瓦解；模范生以出乎意料的「恋爱」探索青春。三段故事，映照出那个时代青年的精神样貌与生活处境。