疾風知勁草，民間川戲班多年來歷經漂泊，堅守在成都鄉郊的小劇院演出。劇團儼如一個大家庭，日子艱苦但有著彼此，直到突如其來的拆遷通知，使戲班陷入解散危機。老闆娘獨自扛下秘密，東奔西走尋覓新的容身之所。隨著拆遷死線逼近，眾人埋藏在川劇臉相下的內心暗湧，開始超越戲台範圍，在現實生活中悄悄上映⋯⋯導演馬楠（《老石》，第13屆亞洲新導演）受記錄片《民間戲班》劇團中人的堅持感動，把故事改編成《活著唱著》，將焦點指向一班被時代遺落的小人物，鉅細無遺地還原川劇演員的生活方式及困境，同時凸顯了傳統價值與現代社會之間的矛盾。

For the highly anticipated follow-up to his gripping directorial debut Old Stone, Chinese-Canadian director Johnny Ma delivers a total change of pace with this compassionate story of a failing Sichuanese opera troupe. Based in Chengdu, the troupe lives and performs in run-down industrial spaces. Even as its members spend their days traveling the city on a motorcycle to attract audiences, the bulldozers have already started closing in. Blending reality and fiction into a beautifully crafted package, this loving tribute to a dying traditional art is another strong effort from a major talent on the rise.