Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry. Addicted to gambling, Fugui loses everything. In the years that follow he is pressed into both the nationalist and communist armies, while Jiazhen is forced into menial work. They raise a family and survive, managing "to live" from the 40's to the 70's in this epic, but personal, story of life through an amazing period. 《活着》——《在细雨中呼喊》后的余华与《英雄》前的张艺谋。《活着》的失败与伟大。《活着》到底为什么没能活？。命运的玩偶。人活着，就比什么都强。活着的叙事结构及视听语言分析。活着～皮影戏。活着，以一种向死而生的姿态。艰难岁月不忍弃。简单提一下影片的症结所在。 根据余华同名小说改编。 富少福贵（葛优）嗜赌成性，妻子家珍（巩俐）屡劝无果后带着女儿凤霞离开了他，当夜，福贵输光所有家产气死父亲，被迫靠变卖母亲首饰租间破屋过活。一年后，家珍手拉凤霞怀抱刚出世的儿子有庆回到家中，福贵痛改前非，开始靠演皮影戏过起安份守己的日子。 但好景不常，内战时期，福贵被国民党抓去当劳工，一番辗转终回到家乡与一家人团圆后，凤霞因病变成哑巴，而在后来的大跃进运动和文化大革命中，他虽获某些小福，逆境却也一直与他如影相随。
