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Mandarin with English subtitles.

"A documentary film about children of migrant workers in rural China."

The word "poverty" has become synonymous with the peasant villages in the Western frontier of China. Many peasant parents leave their children behind as they travel to cities in search of better-paying jobs. These children are known as the "left-behind children", or "orphans of China's economic restructuring" as a result of the booming economy in coastal provinces. There are nearly 58 million "left-behind children" in China. Although they are taken care of by their grandparents, they tend to close up and shut the world out due to the lack of parental company. Without their parents, they will learn to persevere. However, they will also experience a lonely and helpless childhood.