Two Yugur ethnic minority brothers embark on a road trip across desertified prairies with their camels, passing through the Silk Road to go home to their parents. They trek from their grandfather’s home near town to the distant grasslands where their parents have moved to find pastures to herd their sheep. The two boys are confronted with barren landscapes, abandoned villages, and decaying relics. Their journey becomes a search for their identity as Yugurs.
This coming-of-age film offers us an unflinching look at the grisly aftermath when natural resources are continuously exploited. Mourning the succumbing of the Yugur civilisation to environmental degradation and industrialisation, it compels us to think about what we have lost in the pursuit of modernisation.
阿迪克尔和巴特尔是生活在祁连山脚下的裕固族牧民孩子，被父亲送到省城上学。暑期来时却不见家人来接，两兄弟只好独自骑着骆驼横渡沙漠，寻找在草原上放牧的父母亲。一路上映入眼帘的仅是断垣残壁、干枯河床、牧民弃屋，疮痍满目。
影片如一首裕固族凋零的哀歌，为被历史遗忘、被环境污染和逐金洪流淹没的裕固族人哀悼，发人深省。