Xiao Shan Going Home

1995 59m ★5.9

Xiao Shan Going Home

This movie is "Xiao Shan Going Home" and story line : 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.

Release Date May 1, 1995
Runtime 59m
Country China
Language Chinese
Director Jia Zhangke
Category Drama
Rating 5.9 / 10 (TMDb)
Year 1995
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