Synopsis:
In Communist China, two Chinese teenagers are sent to a remote village in the Phoenix Mountains of Heaven, near the border with Tibet, to undergo the "re-education" process implemented by Mao Zedong in the late 1960s. Enduring subhuman living conditions, with almost zero prospects of ever returning to his hometown, everything changes with the appearance of a clandestine suitcase full of emblematic works of Western literature. Thus, thanks to the reading of Balzac, Dumas, Stendhal or Romain Roland, the two young people will discover a world full of poetry, feelings and unknown passions, and will learn that a book can be an invaluable instrument when it comes to conquering the attractive Tailor, the young daughter of the village tailor. There they will meet the forbidden literature of the West, the true friendship and love of the beautiful eldest daughter of the town tailor.