Hong Yan plot
Sixteen-year-old Xiao-Yun lives in a village in the Sichuan province in southwestern China. It's 1983. Xiao-Yun's reputation and future are ruined forever when she becomes pregnant by her boyfriend Wang Fe. They are both expelled from school. He leaves her after convincing his sister, a nurse, to help Xiao-Yun deliver the baby and then give the baby up for adoption. Ten years later, Xiao-Yun is still seen as the local slut and sings in a ridiculous song and dance troupe. The male inhabitants of her village constantly harass her. She gets into a relationship with a married man. But her one true friend is a curious and mischievous boy who lives across the river. He develops an obsession for Xiao-Yun and conquers a place in her life.