出租汽车司机张北京（葛优 饰）因为不够成功，事事不顺。甚至精心准备在儿子（吴磊 饰）婚礼上的发言也被后爹（贾冰 饰）取代。
满腔怨气的他借题发挥，与单亲母亲小琴（李雪琴 饰）发生争执，谁知自己出气的样子被路人拍成视频，传遍网络且意外走红。
突如其来的关注度让张北京收获了自己之前想要的一切。然而在体验了一番荒诞的名利沉浮后，张北京最终还是悟到了烟火人间的暖心真情才是自己真正的需要。

In an attempt to win back the public's interest, has-been Hong Kong film star Lau Wai-chi makes a comeback film with a major director. To prepare for his role as a peasant farmer in the 1960s, he travels to the mainland China countryside to experience rural life there, but his arrogance triggers a series of farces.

Zhang Beijing loss his face at his son’s engagement party. After that he refunds the sense of purpose by helping Liu Angxi, a screenwriter of the Beidiao Neighbour's talk show. However, he was pushed into the limelight after being used as material by Liu Angxi, and their friendship broke down

这是一个关于“儿子‘死’了，爸爸‘红’了”的荒诞故事。儿子坠楼“自杀”，父亲替儿子写了一封才华横溢的代笔遗书，竟然一夜成名……
马寅波（于和伟 饰）是位高中语文老师，人到中年，哪哪不行。儿子马墨（郭麒麟 饰）坠楼“自杀”，马寅波为了面子替儿子写了一封遗书，竟然让儿子一夜爆红，而他也假借儿子的名义，实现了自己逐梦文学圈的愿望，出书、炒作、颁奖，红得不亦乐乎。但儿子的突然醒来，让整件事情的发展变得越发离谱……

巴依尔前来拜访！上世纪90年代初，当“宝马”还叫“巴依尔”时，一段难以磨灭的记忆，一份来之不易的团圆，由一双孩子的眼睛开启。

2019 Chinese film directed by Ning Hao