Xiao Jia Going Home

Leading Chinese Sixth Generation filmmaker Jia Zhangke returns home to Fenyang in Shanxi province after winning the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival for Still Life (2006). The experiences of his childhood, the people he grew up with, and the changing landscape of his home town gave Jia the inspiration to make his first films. The documentary forms a poignant inquiry into the past of the director's life and Chinese society at the same time.

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

53 min

Cast:

Jia Zhangke

Quality:

HD

Director:

Damien Ounouri

Release:

2007

Country:

France, China

Rating:

3.0