★Nominated The 58th Golden Horse Film Festival Best Original Screenplay
In 1990, college student Ing, who accidently gets pregnant, returns to Lishan to spend the summer with her father. Ing notices the conflicts between her father and the farmers. She meets a young farmer Wen, and affection slowly grows between them. As summer ends, Ing leaves, and no one knows what the future will hold. To promote a new fertilizer, Ing's father gets a hot-air balloon, but hard as they try, it just can't fly.

★第58屆金馬獎最佳原著劇本入圍
★與李安《囍宴》同獲優良劇本獎 催生30年終於完成
1990年初夏，大學女生阿英懷著不為人知的心事，來到海拔兩千公尺的梨山找爸爸－肥料商陳天耀，她的爸爸個性就像名字一樣，耀武揚威、稱霸梨山。阿英在山上體會到爸爸和商人、果農間微妙的關係，利益衝突，也感受到梨山的節奏與氛圍，以及大自然的無常。阿英和菜鳥果農阿文從陌生到熟識，開始發展出一段若有似無的情感，無關情愛，反倒像是一同經歷成人世界、共同成長的夥伴，這是一堂阿英永遠上不完的課。阿英與身邊的人們此刻都面臨事業、生活與感情的三重挑戰，未來如何發展，沒有人知道。而那顆業務員為了宣傳德國進口新款肥料送來的廣告熱氣球，弄了半天卻怎麼樣也升不起來…。