杨帆和她的丈夫袁泳，还有饭馆服务员小方，从夜晚到白天，又从日光之下延续至一个个诡谲的深夜，他们彼此间发生的的故事，荒诞离奇，却又令人无比唏嘘，三人如共生关系般存在，如同齿轮间的相互羁绊却又无法离开对方，就像最简单的游戏：石头，剪刀，布无间轮回下去。
"Miss, what's that?" the kid asked the stewardess, pointing to a small crack that he noticed in celing above him. At that point, the crack widens and the entire roof of the airplane is ripped off. Based on a true story. On April 28, 1988, Aloha Airlines flight 243, halfway between Big Island and Maui, suddenly lost an 18-foot section of its front fuselage, due to metal fatigue. At 24,000 feet of altitude, the sudden decompression leaves room for panic in the cabin. But in the flight deck, Captain Schornstheimer and First Officer Tompkins are faced with the difficult task of safely landing the crippled, barely-controllable airliner, as the title says.
根据李佩甫的小说《无边无际的早晨》改编。40年代一个大年初一的清晨，大李庄村长老黑埋葬了一具女尸，并收养了女尸旁边的男婴，给孩子取名“治国”。勤奋的治国考上了县中学，“文化大革命”时期他带头闹事，被老黑一巴掌打回了大李庄。后来，他考上了省委党校大专班。毕业后，回来当了乡长，因大李庄的计划生育拖了全乡的后腿，他训斥了老黑。不久国家扶贫铁路要穿越大李庄的祖坟，老黑和村民以死相维护，治国说服了大家，带头挖了自己母亲的坟。数年后，治国当上了邻县的县长，临行前，老黑给他送来了“老娘土”。
