Liu Xing a brilliant Chinese student, arrives at University and makes the transition into American life with the help of Joanna Silver. Xing joins a cosmology group working to create a model of the origins of the universe. He is obsessed with the study of dark matter and a theory that conflicts with the group's model. When he begins to make breakthroughs of his own, he encounters obstructions.
Liu Ye
Liu Xing
Aidan Quinn
Jacob Reiser
Meryl Streep
Joanna Silver
Chi Peng
Mama
Blair Brown
Hildy
Jodi Russell
Claire Reiser
Erick Avari
Professor R.K. Gazda
Taylor Schilling
Jackie
