Xiao Shan Going Home (5.9)

Movie · 1995 · 59 min · Drama

Xiao Shan, a temporary worker at the Hongyuan Restaurant, has just been fired by his boss Zhao Guoqing. Deciding to leave Beijing and returns to his home in Anyang, he goes to see a series of people from his hometown who have also been living in Beijing-construction workers, train ticket scalpers, university students, attendant, prostitutes-but no one wants to go back with him. Dispirited and confused, he searches out one after another of his old friends who are still in Beijing. Finally he leaves his wild long hair, the symbol of his life in the city, at a roadside barber stand as his offering to Beijing.

Directed by: 贾樟柯

Starring 王宏伟, Shuzhe Dong, Sheng Yao, Xiaomin Zhou, Liqin Zhu, 贾樟柯

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