Xiao Jia Going Home

Xiao Jia Going Home

2007
53m
3.0

3.0/10

1 votes
Documentary
Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: ZH

Production Information

Production Companies
Li Hua Films
Production Countries
France China
Spoken Languages
Mandarin

Keywords

china biography memory

Quick Facts

Original Title Xiao Jia rentre à la maison
Release Date January 1, 2007
Status Released
Language ZH

Cast

Jia Zhangke
Jia Zhangke

Himself

Key Crew

Damien Ounouri
Screenplay
Damien Ounouri
Director