Synopsis
In the late 20th century, ordinary worker Li Mingqi takes up his father’s unfinished dream of flying. With China’s reform and opening up, Li and his wife start a dance hall in an abandoned factory museum, using a hot air balloon to attract foreigners. Yet life on the ground can’t seem to confine a soul with wounded wings. Desperately trying to save his critically ill nephew, he straps on his self-invented flying machine once more and soars into the sky… 20世纪末，普通工人李明奇承袭了父亲未竟的飞天之梦。随着改革开放的大潮涌动，李明奇与妻子在一座废弃的工厂博物馆里开起了歌舞厅，甚至别出心裁地用热气球吸引外国游客。可地表的人间烟火，终究困不住一颗折翼却依然渴望辽阔的灵魂。为了挽救病危的侄子，他再度绑上亲手研制的飞行器，义无反顾地冲向无垠的长空……