Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.

The proximity of two floors is close, but they are worlds apart. We think secrets are safe behind closed doors, but they're not. What we consider a safe boundary for secrets is broken through the perspective of a window cleaner.

A down-on-his-luck Qin-opera actor who plays Guan Yu accidentally thwarts a crime ring and is framed. Stripped of trust and costume, he must face reprisals and fight back as himself, discovering what it really means to be a “hero.”