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Ever the chronicler of inter-generational relations in China, Director Zhang Yang takes us into the world of an aging population and alienation between the generations in his heart warming tale of a group of irrepressible senior citizens living in a nursing home who are energized when they decide to compete in a television variety show. Although some are afflicted with serious illnesses and others are slightly demented, and some have been abandoned by their children, all of them have a charm and an energy which is infectious. In short order they all have a common dream of participating in the competition which will soon be taking place in a faraway city near the seaside. But the head of the nursing home stops them because she does not want to be held liable in case anyone gets hurt. The intrepid seniors decide to take things into their own hands by buying a bus and sneaking out on this trip of a lifetime…
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