"Beijing, 1970s. The Cultural Revolution has driven most adults to the provinces leaving 14-year-old Monkey and his pals have free reign over the city. They hang around, get up to no good, and discover that unsolvable mystery known as "girls.""
Xia Yu
as Ma Xiaojun
Ning Jing
as Mi Lan
Geng Le
as Liu Yiku
Tao Hong
as Yu Beipei
Siqin Gaowa
as Mother
Wang Xueqi
as Father
Feng Xiaogang
as Mr. Hu
Liu Xiaoning
as Adult Liu Yiku
Jiang Wen
as Adult Ma Xiaojun
Wang Shuo
as Small-time Conman
Yao Er-ga
as Fat fool
Zuo Xiaoqing
as Zhang Xiaomei
Wu Shukun
as Mi Lan's Grandma
Fang Hua
as Old General
Dai Shaobo
as Yang Gao
Han Dong
as Young Ma Xiaojun
Shang Nan
as Liu Sitian
Zhang Hua
as Biao Zi
Zhang Lihua
as
Chen Wei
as Heizi
Liu Bin
as Adult Liu Sitian
Gu Changwei
Director of Photography
Zhou Ying
Editor
Screenplay
Novel
Director
Etienne Boussac
Sound Editor
Gu Changning
Sound
Wang Wei
Line Producer
Guo Wenjing
Music
Guo Youliang
Producer
Zhang Wang
Ki Po
Ang-Chien Hsu