In 1974, Jingqiu is sent with other educated urban youth to the countryside the be "re-educated" under orders from Chairman Mao. She meets Jianxin, son of a high-ranking military official, in a small village. Despite their differing backgrounds, they fall madly in love, but their romance is fated to be cut short. This is a heartbreaking story of forbidden love set in the final days of the Cultural Revolution.