本片以上世纪六十年代/的本地家庭为主轴，通过成/]%员[\的际 %?+遇.，带出早期的. 甘榜生]?%活以及后(=+来的,[[^组屋生`活，剧情横!跨数十年。　　电影也将体现新#加坡如何从一个+以方言为主流语言的社会演变成华语到,/
现今英语的过程，从中回)\ 顾流失的方言。它也会融入导#[ 演的#许)多亲
身经]#历，并将安插=:多首#]怀旧_=歌曲。　　After the 1969 n.[ation,[`wide f +]loods(?, Zhao Di takes over, her father's+ f^,_@]amily far_m wit
;h 
the help of reform^/ed gangster :A#)
)h Long. As Singapore's eco.no_,my prospe 
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!inga@$+`[porean mindset is also/ for)!c[ed \- to chang.$e with=/ %;?the t]im=es. O
:(sma@n ca +tc@he?^*s h_%is teenage son, Ahm,.ad practicing with his ro,ck band./ \[,As ;(a conserv?at($ive.^( man==+, Osman ]believes^: r#=)ock `\music^ wil;\l hav+]e a neg*ative influence on Ahmad. Father and $
`son argue over t#heir diffe %rent opinion]s, caus;ing .-,Ahmad t;;%o run awa$ y. Meanwhile, Ah Hee. and Rani ^*decide ;=
to ^^ge*$t mar=)ried. But thei;r tr?$aditional[, parents disapprove o
*f the+ ir;@ marriage. @,In 1977 . , the*$, Government * begi?,ns expropriating land for red !evelopment, forci*ng villager[:s @?fro)m their kampongs . Licen* $sed_ fa==rmland ow,- n^ers]!, such as Zha]o D=  i, /.;]-are f=inanc(/ia)-]lly c= ompensated `),for
their land. Ah Kun, Zha@? o#(? Di's greedy !brother accuses Zh(ao+] Di_^  and  +@Ah\ Long o-]f hav)ing 
a[#n aff(air t! ^?o tarn%%ish %her name in ([front of t`he fami],ly.  In *?!the midst o f `%Ah Kun's per sisten(t accusations, Zha_$o Di's hea?lth= ta
:ke;s a h]\-it. Will ==Zhao Di$ be ;+abl@[e to ke+ep ?/^her hard-earned compensati*.`on
!][ money What w[` ill [^become of her family @:if Zhao Di=\'s hea
lth cont`% inu! )es to de; t_erio/;rate As p]-+eo==pl;)e change with time@, will the kampong spirit@ remain