With his directorial debut actor Chen Jianbin walks in the footsteps of A Touch of Sin, No Man’s Land, and Black Coal, Thin Ice and offers a hard-edged mainland noir where kindness and cruelty, madness and reason, greed and humanity all struggle for dominance and the fool might not be who you think . The hook here is Chen’s amazing performance as the simple, slightly crude Latioazi, a goat farmer who has a son in jail. When a young mentally handicapped man follows him home one day and enters his life, it sets off a blaze and a chain of events follows, which bares China’s class divide raw. His random act of reluctant kindness invites a parade of strangers and grifters all intent on draining Latioazi of what little he has.

医院外科专家安嘉和（冯远征 饰）是众人眼中一等一的好男人，他的事业一帆风顺，然而他却是一个具有家庭暴力倾向的丈夫。梅湘南（梅婷 饰）是他的第二任妻子，由于她有一段不堪回首的往事难以启齿，不料丈夫却最终起了疑心。家庭暴力的阴影开始在二人之间滋长。恰巧一次家庭暴力行为被对面 楼的邻居叶斗拍了下来，为了不影响自己的前途，安嘉和向叶斗取回底片时，失手将其杀死。自此，安嘉和走上了不归路，不仅家庭暴力在迅速升级，为人也渐渐变得心狠手辣。
梅湘南屡次想逃出安嘉和的魔爪，却令她在噩梦中越陷越深。安嘉和的弟弟安嘉睦（王学兵 饰）是一名人民警察，在与大哥和嫂子的相处中渐渐察觉出这个家庭不为人知的一面。而记者郑同（曹卫宇 饰）也奋力相助湘南，在交往中，他亦渐渐喜欢上了这个坚强的女子。

The Soong family was a political dynasty in China that reached the highest levels of power. This film follows the lives of the three Soong daughters, who were educated in America and returned to China. Ai-ling married a wealthy and powerful businessman. Ching-ling married Sun Yat-sen, the revolutionary founder of modern China. Mei-ling married Chiang Kai-shek, China's leader during World War II. The sisters captured the world's fascination for their brilliant marriages and their strong influence on their nation.