A retired professor, Lagoo, suddenly disappears one day. His family is worried especially when he doesn’t return after months, and then years. His wife, children and friends, then try to remember him through reconstructed memory, providing the film’s flashback structure. Some critics saw this as Mrinal Sen’s most personal film. As Sen said: “Life didn’t stop even for a moment. ......
The drama is really excellent, I love the way Gu Wei took care of the patient, esp the little kid. Although he might be cold at first, but he is really warn inside. Xiao Zhan did the very brilliant performance, full score for him.