Through the stories of a man and a woman who come from afar looking for their respective spouses, it shows the effect the dam project has had on the local people's lives. The film is also a record of Fengjie, Sichuan Province-with scenes from the last days of this ancient town before it is submerged, this drama is almost a documentary.
這部電影以全球矚目的三峽大壩工程為舞台，由男女主角遠來此地尋妻、尋夫的故事，帶出大壩工程對當地民眾生活的影響，以及紀錄四川奉節──這個即將被水淹沒的古老城市最後即景，是一部寫實地近乎紀錄的劇情片。