简介：电影《热带》通过一个“父亲寻子”的故事，关注中国城市化进程中人的精神处境。湖北老人许贵有，从老家来广东寻找失踪多年的儿子。儿子许望大学毕业之后下落不明。　　老许通过种种蛛丝马迹来搜寻儿子的信息。他先后遇到了儿子的前老板、同学、前房东、前女友，派出所民警，在这些人的讲述中，儿子失败形象得以呈现。儿子虽然最终并没有出现，但在他身上，却积聚着中国城市化进程中一代农村出身者的迷茫，既要解决生存问题，又要解决“身份认同”的难题。　　在许贵有寻子的过程中，草根小混混阿龙始终陪伴着他。两个人从陌生到亲切，演绎了一段令人唏嘘动容的温情。但最终，为了帮助许贵有返乡，阿龙再次偷窃，结果被抓。　　本片拍摄地东莞有一百多万本地人口，流动人口却有七八百万。通过对这城市里外来者命运的细微剖析，《热带》将探讨打工潮与移民潮所带来的种种社会现象：大学生就业、城乡冲突、外来工精神归属、传统家庭伦理的压抑与释放……　　Bytellingastoryaboutafathersearchinghisson,themovie“tropic”focusonmentalsituationofpeoplewhoarebeingurbanized.AnoldmancalledXuGuiyou,,comestoGuangdongprovincetosearchhissonwhohasbeenlostformanyyears.fromhometownHubeiprovince.HissonisnamedXuWangandhasbeenlostsincehegraduatedfromuniversity.IntheprocessoflookingforXuWang,XuGuiyoufindsmanyclues.Hemeetshisson’sex-boss,classmate,ex-landlord,ex-girlfriendandapoliceman.Bytalkingtothosepeople,XuGuiyoufindthathissondoesn’tdowell,eitherinhisjoborhisrelationship.Intheend,XuGuiyoustillcan’tfindhisson.However,fromthecharacterofXuGuiyou,wecanseethecountrymen’sconfusingwhentheyarebeingurbanized.Inthisprocess,theynotonlyhavetofindjobstosupportthemselves,butalsohavetoidentifyingthemselvesinacompletenewway,whichisaratherdifficultproblem.　　WhenXuGuiyouislookingforhisson,ahooligancalledALongaccompanieshim.Atfirst,theyaretotallystrangers.Butaftermanythings,theybecomeveryintimate.Intheendofthemovie,inordertoraisemoneyforXuGuiyo’sreturningtohome,ALongstealsfromsomeone,andfinallygetsarrested.　　ThemovieisshotinDongGuangwhichhasanativepopulationof1,000,000.Butinthecity,therearealso7,000,000to8,000,000floatingpopulation.Byanalyzingfateofthosepeople,themovie”tropic”showsussocialphenomenainurbanization,includingjobhunting,urban-ruralconflict,spiritualbelonging,andsoon.…