影片根据虹影同名长篇小说改编，以重庆“山城”为地理背景，讲述了在1976年，12 岁少年窦小明因受伤进了医院，认识了对他照顾和关爱有加的护士佳惠。佳惠生得美貌，却嫁给当地混社会的青年钢哥，常常遭受家暴。窦小明得知此事后站出来打抱不平，从此改变了他们三人的命运。

广西某个美如仙境的山村，聋子王家宽（刘烨）爱上村里最漂亮的姑娘朱灵（陶虹）后，开始用自己独特的方式对其展开追求，朱灵虽深受感动，心仍属了别人。从外地来寻找哥哥的蔡玉珍（董洁）暂住在王家后，慢慢爱上了王家宽。朱灵得知自己不慎怀上身孕后把自己关在屋子里，不明真相的众人为把她喊出来唱山歌时，发现蔡玉珍原来是哑巴。朱灵出来后，王家宽因无法承受打击离家出走。不久，王家宽恢复平静回到村子，有心的朱灵开始撮合他与蔡玉珍。

在快乐的动物王国里，残暴的狮子和奸诈的毒蛇，赶走了真正的国王实施暴政，只有狐狸罗宾汉敢和他们作对。虽然恶狼警长设下许多圈套，但是勇敢机智的罗宾汉最后还是战胜邪恶，将所有的坏蛋赶出森林。

Nothing really looks what it really is when you look from a distance and so is Jinwoo’s quiet life, far from the hectic, stressful city life, tucked away in the beauty of the Korean countryside, welcomed with open arms by a loving new “family” that has accepted, on their sheep ranch, him and Seol, his wonderful niece who he loves as if she were his own daughter.But when Park Kun-young's careful and precise direction begins to focus on the details of Jinwoo's existence, slowly revealing his restless soul, we gradually discover the complexity of the reasons that led to Jinwoo's extreme choice to retire in the countryside to live like a shepherd.The arrival at the ranch of Jinwoo’s longtime male friend from university, Hyunmin, upsets all balance. Moonkyeong, the ranch owner’s daughter, who has a crush on Jinwoo, accidentally discover the two men in bed and shortly afterwards Jinwoo’s twin sister, and Seol’s birth mother, shows up at the ranch after years of absence and silence and wants to take her daughter back to Seoul.The community of that small country place, which seemed kind and nice, slowly reveals their true colours and deep disapproval of the two men's relationship. The fragile sandcastle of happiness that Jinwoo has struggled to build is crumbling and the cold, harsh winter is upon him.Giovanna Fulvi