Two 25-year-old men who meet by chance, fall madly in love, and are then separated due to an unexpected event. For the next thirty years they pursue the hope of finding each other again.
影片根据巴金的小说《家》改编,它描写了五四时期四川成都一个封建大家庭的罪恶及腐朽,通过觉新、觉慧、觉民三位主人公的不同命运,控诉了封建制度对生命的摧残,歌颂青年一代的反封建斗争及民主主义的觉醒。