In 2008, a Jiaodong Peninsula family’s demolition windfall uncovers decades of dysfunction. Patriach Sai Duoxi controls his five children—from the spineless eldest to the adopted youngest—until cancer shakes his authority. As they confront moral bonds, the family realizes love thrives on equality, not patriarchal power.
Sai Duoxi
Wen Jiayin
Sai Xiuliang
Yang Meifan
Shi Yongnian
Sai Xiuming
Ma Jiucheng
Wei Changfu
Jin Jingran
Sai Xiuhe
Sai Qianjin
Ma Laijiao
Song Yindi
Ma Laibu
Hao Zhihua
Yang Qingyou
Ma Laiqi
Sai Xiuli
Sai Zhenzhu
