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.

When the respected jurors gave the gold award to the film, I knew that they had forgiven our technical mistakes caused by our inexperience. We are grateful to this. Film production is difficult, it demands your lasting endurance and pure enthusiasm for film. Film is a kind of my lifestyle; I obtain power and comfort from it. The competition is just like a bridge. Through the film, we can talk frankly and sincerely of our true discoveries. I know many young people, like us, who have faith in film, are working independently in film productions. Undoubtedly, I am pleased by this phenomenon.

북경전영학원 청년실험영화소조
1996 홍콩 독립단편영화 및 비디오영화제 극영화부문 금상
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