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.
Wang Luoyong
Narrator (voice)Li Xiaolu
Wen XiuLü Zhong
Belt ManZheng Qian
Li ChuanbeiLü Yue
FatherLopsang
Lao JinHuri
HolliganLi Zhizhi
Sister