八岁小男孩Jacob于死去32年后一个阳光灿烂的日子里,在天朝的稻田中突然苏醒过来,信步走到一个小集市后遇到了善良淳朴的大爷大妈。这一段的布景、色调,音乐都充满了《舌尖上的中国》即视感,大爷大妈的口音也算少有的地道,那一声声的“孩子你怎么了”,让人有着异样的感动,我爱天朝。回到美国后剧情正式展开,剧情节奏并不快,但是情感很细腻,正如这段台词:
It's just...I was talking to this boy,and I imagined myself there,in my carriage by the river.And I realized that a part of me has always felt guilty.
Guilty?Why?
'cause if she hadn't taken me for a walk that day,maybe she wouldn't have fallen in.(sobing)And maybe then my father wouldn't look at me sometimes like he blames me too.