A realistic period drama, a fated and anguished love story, love that cannot be returned, and the regrets of ordinary people swept along by the tides of history.
Set against the wave of people heading south for work in the 1990s, this story focuses on rural youths leaving their homes to seek a living in coastal cities. It portrays the tender first love of country boys and girls, beset by distance, lost correspondence, marriages arranged by parents, the divide between city and countryside, and social prejudice. Again and again, they find themselves in love but unable to be together, torn apart by the times and by family. This is a faithful portrait of the regret and heartbreak of rural romance in the 1990s.
