This film follows a family′s struggles to survive in a new land based on the real life director′s grandmother. In the 1940s, she leaves China to settle in Taiwan. Three days before their family′s escape, the grandmother hides in a closet, claiming she can′t leave behind her beloved persimmon tree. Wang′s childhood memories becomes scenes as the audience glimpses at a grandmother tying ten children together with rope to prevent their going astray. From the absurd to the tragic, this film focuses on how a strong grandmother relates to her ten grandsons in an entirely new world.