在这部向阳的日子剧情片中,张向阳1岁的时候母亲病逝，父亲张恒远再婚，向阳跟着奶奶在大伯家长大。向阳10岁的时候，奶奶去世，张向阳不得不回到新家。面对与自己生疏淡漠的儿子，张恒远感到非常歉疚，主动亲近向阳，花更多时间陪伴向阳，父子间的奇葩相处笑料不断，向阳也渐渐接受了这个像大孩子一样特立独行的奇葩父亲。
When Xiangyang was ten years old, his grandmother passed away, and he went to live with his father. Father and son used to be strangers but now they gradually get along very well. In order to make his family lead a better life, father goes away from home to find work. Xiangyang was misunderstood by his stepmother, and he left home to find his father. While his father died in a Mine and Xiangyang has to raise the poor family.
‖没来得及问导演的一些问题。画面美不等于电影美。是绝望还是希望。导演还是回去给明星拍照片吧。好电影，传达给我们一种情感，我被深深打动。四川师范大学映后交流会―访谈及问答笔记整理。浪漫的现实主义。陪伴是最长情的告白。《向阳的日子》观后感。向阳的日子。
