断水，告急，百年不遇的大旱从天而降，一座海滨港口城市面临水源枯竭的危险。市民生活受到严重影响，厂矿企业等被迫停产。为将120公里外的白龙河水引入该市，钟强临危受命，接替老市长。他立下军令状，带领全市人民，在180天内将水引来。在此过程中，他遇到了意想不到的重重困难。告状的，闹事的，阻止工程进行的纷至沓来，钟强诚心实意地对待群众，以现实的策略应付着一切。工程终于如期完成，钟强充满感情地发表陈词：我们胜利了！

In 1949, a small Chinese fishing village populated almost entirely by women awaits the establishment of a government by the newly victorious communist regime. In addition to other worries, the villagers wonder how the government will react to their traditional customs, which decree that wives may only see their husbands three times a year, and the circumstances under which they are permitted to become pregant are very limited. In addition, those who are caught violating these rules are drowned. The almost exclusively female population of the village is explained by the fact that most of the male population died during an ocean storm. Winner of the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Film in 1989