Green Cypress Trees

This is a family history about rural areas in southern Hunan. It takes the fate of brothers Jiang Congfu and Jiang Congming as the main line, and depicts the struggles and ups and downs of an ordinary farm family in the torrent of the times from the 1960s to the early days of reform and opening up. His elder brother Jiang Congming was talented and eager to change his destiny through reading. However, at the critical moment of joining the army, his dream was shattered by the frame-up of the team secretary Jiang Fuyu, and he has been at odds with the powerful class ever since. The younger brother Jiang Congfu is silent and pragmatic. With his strength and simple character, he becomes an indispensable role in collective labor. Finally, in the spring breeze of reform and opening up, he finds the hope and love of life through his own hands and opportunities.