Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.
Li Xiaolu
Wen Xiu
Lopsang
Lao Jin
Zheng Qian
Li Chuanbei
Lü Yue
Father
Gao Jie
Mother
Li Zhizhi
Sister
Lü Zhong
Belt Man
Qiao Qian
Chen Li
