A chief of police investigates a series of murders in a riverside town in rural China in the 1990s. An arrest is made quickly; clues push the policeman to dive deeper into the hidden behaviour of the locals.

电影《永安镇故事集》是一部“关于电影”的电影，叙述了一个剧组入住拍摄地，给这个原本宁静的小镇带来一丝波澜，然而波澜过后，一切又重归宁静的故事。影片分为三个章节——独自等待、看上去很美、冥王星时刻，小镇和剧组串联起三个章节的故事和其中的人物——与小镇格格不入的饭店老板娘、回不去故乡的女明星、陷入创作分歧的导演与编剧……因为剧组的到来，每一个置身这座小镇的人心中都荡起一丝涟漪，但涟漪终会散去，一切也终将重归平静。

即将大学毕业的阿坤（周游 饰）正站在大学和社会的分水岭上，他像所有急于驰骋的少年一样，迫不及待要好好闯荡一番。拿到驾照后，阿坤邂逅了自己的二手吉普车，本以为它会给生活带来新的可能，但它却将自己带到了人生的另一个路口。在这段荒腔走板的日子中，阿坤逐渐意识到了成长的代价和生命的无常。

Wu You is as carefree as his name suggests. He is single and lives with his nearly 70-year-old mother Zhang Baoxia. He joins an organization called Sunshine Club and becomes a senior partner, but his mother suddenly falls ill.