该剧改编自作家李娟同名散文集。生长在阿勒泰的汉族少女李文秀(周依然饰)一心在大城市中追求文学梦想,却屡屡碰壁被迫回到老家与开小卖部的母亲张凤侠(马伊琍饰)相依为命。在结识哈萨克少年巴太(于适饰)之后,文秀渐渐发现了当地之美。。A seemingly happy Swedish housewife and mother begins an adulterous affair with a foreign archaeologist who is working near her home. But he is an emotionally scarred man, a Jewish survivor from a concentration camp who found refuge in the U.S.,and, consequently, their relationship will be painfully difficult.。