Liu Xing a brilliant Chinese student, arrives at University and makes the transition into American life with the help of Joanna Silver. Xing joins a cosmology group working to create a model of the origins of the universe. He is obsessed with the study of dark matter and a theory that conflicts with the group's model. When he begins to make breakthroughs of his own, he encounters obstructions.
Liu Ye
as Liu Xing
Aidan Quinn
as Jacob Reiser
Meryl Streep
as Joanna Silver
迟蓬
as Mama
Blair Brown
as Hildy
Jodi Russell
as Claire Reiser
Erick Avari
as Professor R.K. Gazda
Taylor Schilling
as Jackie
Rob Campbell
as Gary Small
