一所民营的老人院里，众多老人的生活都如死水一样平静，似乎都在慢慢等待那一天的到来，老葛（许还山饰）也是其中的一员，这样的氛围任谁都不愿意继续呆下去，走进老人院，就如同进入了死亡的倒数一样

一天，这潭死水终于被人打破，老葛的朋友老周（吴天明饰）的到来搅活了大家的生活，他的乐观开朗和幽默大方感染和激励着更多的人充满了希望。老周得知老葛曾经自杀未遂，同时也了解到其他老人的状况，他决定把大家组织起来去做有意义的事情，于是轰轰烈烈地活动开始了。

老吴通过老人们喜欢观看的电视节目，引导大家积极参与活动和提升勇气，他还组织大家排练节目，然后准备去北京参加比赛，让生活变得更有情趣和意义。老人们被点燃了热情，都积极地投入到排练之中，期间，大家还设计逃离老人院的计划，甚至驾车去“飞越”公路，大家的情绪无比高涨，最终如愿登上了梦想舞台，可让大家没想到的是，带领他们重新振作的老周早已病入膏肓。

In a private nursing home, the lives of many elderly people are as calm as stagnant water, and they seem to be slowly waiting for that day to come, Lao Ge (Xu Huanshan) is also one of them. No one wants to stay in such an atmosphere. Entering a nursing home is like entering the countdown to death

One day, this pool of stagnant water was finally broken, and the arrival of Lao Ge's friend Lao Zhou (played by Wu Tianming) disturbed everyone. His optimism, cheerfulness, humor and generosity infected and inspired more people full of hope. Lao Zhou learned that Lao Ge had attempted suicide and also learned about the conditions of other elderly people. He decided to organize everyone to do meaningful things, so the vigorous activity began.

Old Wu guides everyone to actively participate in activities and enhance their courage through the TV programs that the elderly like to watch. He also organizes rehearsals for everyone. Then prepare to go to Beijing to participate in the competition, making life more interesting and meaningful. The enthusiasm of the old people was ignited, and they all actively participated in the rehearsal. During the period, everyone even devised a plan to escape from the nursing home, and even drove to "fly over" the highway. What everyone didn't expect was that Lao Zhou, who led them to regain their strength, was already dying of illness.