Xiao Jin Rentre à la Maison

After winning the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2006 with the film Still Life, independent Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhang-ke returns to his hometown. Through the lens of his memories, from childhood to professional renown, we see places where he shot his first two films as well as his critical view of contemporary China, the country’s social disparity and the censorship imposed on some of his films.