Meeting of the Two Heroes, Part 1

In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.

In 1959, in the Kazakh animal husbandry production team of Dongfeng Commune at the foot of Tianshan Mountain in Xinjiang, the members elected their captain – Ayigul, a Kazakh female Communist Party member who loves the party and the collective and dares to fight against all evil forces.