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红卫兵在全国掀起的极左运动令时任国务院总理的周恩来（王铁成 饰）忧心忡忡，周恩来在国家危局中挺身而出，维护贺龙、陈毅等老同志、老战友。为了保证国家建设周恩来力促鞍钢恢复生产。1966年邢台地震，他赶赴一线督促重建。七十年代中美开始了多个层面的接触，周恩来会见基辛格，在接见美乒代表队时笑谈嬉皮士，促进了两国关系的正常发展。1971年，周恩来着力粉碎了林彪团伙颠覆国家的阴谋。长期的高强度工作，令周恩来身体每况愈下，体内查出了癌细胞。周恩来带病回到老区延安探访，当地民众贫穷的生活令他无法释怀，指派北京专家帮助延安脱贫。四人帮的活动日益猖獗，周恩来力主邓小平、叶剑英回到重要岗位，与四人帮继续周旋斗争……

1923年，藏民罗尔布（才项增仁 饰）游弋在高原上，以盗马维生。为了自己的孩子扎西，罗尔布放神羊为其祈福。头人的父亲死去，老阿妈对头人一家的善良感佩，同时又担心罗尔布因盗窃不能魂归于天。罗尔布与同伙抢劫了政府送给寺院的礼物，并打算用赃物为扎西向寺院还愿。抢劫事发，愤怒的头人将罗尔布一家驱逐，从此，罗尔布和妻子卓玛（旦枝姬 饰）、扎西只得在草原上流浪。扎西的病情不见好转并逐渐恶化，罗尔布用圣水为扎西沐浴、虔诚的求佛爷保佑却终于不能挽留自己的孩子。不久卓玛再次怀孕了，罗尔布和卓玛磕头为扎西还愿，但苦难并没有离他们而去……

某个夜晚，貌美如花的女子体操队员姜燕燕（刘旭凌 饰）在突如其来的车祸中丧生。在此之后，市革委直属机关专职司机许大槐（赵万德 饰）投案自首，东城区人民法院初审判定许某疲劳加酒后驾驶，念起认罪态度较好，故免于刑事处分，无罪释放。该判决引起民间极大的不满，姜妈妈向中级法院院长尚勤（田华 饰）提出上诉请求。尚院长为人正直，刚正不阿，她顶住各方压力受理此案，期间更有匿名信举报许大槐并未撞人。经过抽丝剥茧的调查，尚勤发现案情和老相识夏主任的儿子夏欢（陈佩斯 饰）有着千丝万缕的干系。在此过程中，各方势力试图影响案件的判决，尚勤则秉公执法，势要弄清事实的真相……

Byeong-tae (Yoon Mun-seob), a philosophy major at Y University, goes to a group blind date and meets Young-ja (Lee Young-ok), who studies French literature at H University. The young men and women of the 1970s, who have grown up under the influence of a rapid influx of Western culture, agonize over college issues, family conflicts, and their future paths in life. But such struggles are self-derisive, and they can see no tomorrow waiting for them. Between Byeong-tae and Young-ja, there is no promise of love, of any kind. They simply meet, and exchange meaningless conversation. Meanwhile, Yeong-cheol (Ha Jae-young), who always rides a bike and declares every time he drinks that he will set off in search of a whale, has feelings for another girl he met on the blind date, named Sun-ja (Kim Young-suk). But Sun-ja rejects Yeong-cheol, who stammers, has no prospects, and was even turned down for military duty due to health reasons, and he falls into despair. With nothing to look forward to, Byeong-tae and Yeong-cheol head to the sea. Yeong-cheol, who boasted that he would catch a beautiful whale in the East Sea, commits suicide, and Byeong-tae enlists with the military. Young-ja comes to see him off, even though she said she wouldn't see him any more, and the two of them kiss through the open window of the train that will carry Byeong-tae away.